Lauro "Nick" Pacheco Jr. (born February 9, 1964) is an American disbarred lawyer, politician, and a member of the Democratic Party.

[citation needed] Pacheco ran for district attorney against incumbent Steve Cooley in 2004 and lost by 44 percentage points.

[8] After leaving politics, Pacheco continued to practice law in Los Angeles[9] and Mission Hills.

[12][non-primary source needed] In 2015, his law firm in Mission Hills was sued by two former employees, Carlos and Rico Lira, who alleged the following: that Pacheco failed to pay all of their wages, that his employee, defendant Juan Jaramillo, demanded that they contribute $500 to Rudy Martinez's City Council campaign (which later became the subject of an investigation by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission), that his employees made racially charged statements to them, and that his nonlawyer sales staff improperly gave legal advice to clients by falsely promising that their homes could be saved from foreclosure.

[13][non-primary source needed] They alleged to have been fired after they complained about this misconduct, and that Pacheco later defamed them to their prospective employer.

[13][non-primary source needed] Pacheco filed special motions to strike a majority of their claims under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16,1[14][non-primary source needed] contending that the statements to their prospective employer were made in anticipation of litigation, and that the remainder of the claims arose from his protected activity in representing his clients, and in connection with the Ethics Commission investigation.