Prior to her appointment by Governor Josh Green, Lopez was chief operating officer and general counsel for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.
Lopez received her legal education from William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
[4] She worked in private practice with the law firm Chun Kerr Dodd Beaman & Wong for eight years.
[2][3] In December 2022, Lopez was nominated by Governor Josh Green to succeed Holly Shikada as Attorney General of Hawaii.
[7] As Attorney General, Lopez declined to re-file charges against 38 kupuna arrested during the 2019 Thirty Meter Telescope protests.