Firm History

Our firm was founded as Rusing & Lopez, P.L.L.C in July, 1992 by Stanford Law School classmates Mick Rusing and Pat Lopez.  Their combined experience, along with the legal expertise of the other attorneys who have joined them, enabled  our firm over two decades to represent effectively and efficiently business clients and individuals in a wide range of legal matters.  Oscar Lizardi joined the firm in 2000, adding to the wide breadth of experience of the firm’s lawyers and a business-savvy approach to assisting his and the firm’s clients.

Our firm has grown over the years with the addition of a number of well-respected lawyers, exceptional paralegals, and a top-notch staff.  In 2011, the firm’s name was changed to “Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, P.L.L.C.”   The firm remains committed to its core philosophy of maintaining an environment that attracts dynamic clients, talented lawyers, and legal staff.  With the unwavering commitment to satisfying the needs of clients, we have been able to meet and exceed the firm’s goals of premium legal service and our clients’ expectations.

Our litigation attorneys’ practice areas include trials and appeals before all state and federal courts, and in all areas of commercial, insurance-defense and coverage, construction, toxic tort, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death, employment and class action litigation.  Our business transactions attorneys’ practice areas cover the field of  corporations, partnership and limited liability formation and management, employment law, franchise law, real estate law and land use, construction law, government contracting, environmental and natural resources law, and all forms of general commercial transaction.