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Judge Christopher Lopez is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Texas. He was appointed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for a term of 14 years, effective August 14, 2019. He was sworn in by United States Circuit Judge Gregg Costa on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.

Before his appointment, Judge Lopez was a member of the Business, Finance & Restructuring Group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP since 2003. While in private practice, Judge Lopez focused on representations ranging from top global corporations in mega-restructurings to middle-market debtors and creditor representations. He also was an active member of the Houston civic community, serving on the boards of charitable organizations.

Judge Lopez lectures across the country on bankruptcy issues. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

Judge Lopez earned a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He also earned a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston, where he was a proud member of the Track and Field Team.

Judge Lopez currently serves as a council member of the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section, an advisor to the State Bar of Texas Young Lawyers Committee, a member of the Nominations Committee for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, and a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference.

He was named Judge of The Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association at the 34th Annual Gala on May 5, 2022.

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Judge Christopher Lopez is non-partisan. He was appointed to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Judge Christopher Lopez Alex Jones

In a court hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez ruled that Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and its assets will be auctioned off to help pay the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as part of a $1.5 billion settlement.

Infowars’ assets, including its social media accounts, copyrighted material and trademarks owned by parent company Free Speech Systems, will be liquidated in November. Additional Infowars assets, including studio equipment, would be sold at a later auction.

Judge Lopez said he would approve the sale, but that he must first change a previous order to make clear that the trustee overseeing Jones’ personal bankruptcy case controls all of Free Speech Systems’ assets.

Jones and the company filed for bankruptcy in 2022 after losing defamation and emotional distress lawsuits by Sandy Hook families after he repeatedly called the Connecticut school shooting a hoax staged by “crisis actors.”