Jodi E. Lopez Partner

Jodi Lopez focuses on representing accounting firms and their professionals, public companies and their directors and officers, and private equity and investment firms in complex litigation and regulatory matters involving financial reporting, accounting, internal controls, disclosure and tax issues. She works with clients facing high-stakes disputes and investigations where accounting judgment, regulatory scrutiny and business risk intersect. Jodi co-leads the McGuireWoods Accountant and Auditor Liability Practice Area. Chambers USA 2025 recognized her proficiency in representing accounting firms, ranking her in the inaugural nationwide category for Accountant and Auditor Liability.

Jodi has significant experience handling SEC and PCAOB investigations and enforcement actions, shareholder litigation and post-closing disputes arising out of private equity transactions. She also advises companies, audit committees and boards of directors in connection with internal investigations involving allegations of employee or corporate wrongdoing. Her litigation experience includes serving as lead trial counsel in a multi-week arbitration and as a member of a trial team in a contested SEC administrative proceeding.  She also routinely represents clients in investigations and enforcement matters brought by the state boards of accountancy as well as the AICPA.

Jodi further counsels accounting firms regarding legal, regulatory and risk issues in the context of evaluating business practices and challenges as well as organizational structuring and deals. She also increasingly advises clients in global auditor and accounting liability matters, with extensive experience throughout Latin America. Beyond grasping the legal and regulatory nuances across jurisdictions, she brings cultural understanding and sensitivity to such matters.

Clients value Jodi’s ability to navigate both litigation and regulatory challenges efficiently and strategically. She is known for a pragmatic approach that emphasizes clear communication, thoughtful risk assessment and practical solutions tailored to each client’s business objectives. BTI Consulting Group recognized Jodi’s excellent client service by naming her a Client Service All-Star in Securities and Professional Liability Litigation.

Jodi’s matters span a broad range of substantive issues under both state law and the federal securities laws, including professional negligence, fraud and misrepresentations, contract disputes and fiduciary duty claims. Her matters frequently involve complex accounting and financial reporting topics such as revenue recognition, loan loss reserves and expected credit losses, internal controls and material weaknesses, goodwill impairment, securitizations, derivatives, auditor independence, insider trading, deferred tax assets and other tax-related issues. She also represents private equity firms and portfolio companies in post-closing disputes that involve purchase price adjustments, earnouts, indemnification claims, and representation and warranty matters, drawing on her accounting background to resolve disputes effectively.

Jodi also has maintained an active pro bono practice, including more than 16 years of work representing an intellectually disabled man on death row in Alabama in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative. In addition, in 2011, she was one of the recipients of Public Counsel’s President’s Award based on her work for a Los Angeles-based organization providing housing for individuals struggling with homelessness.