Legal judgment at ARX is exercised personally, under consequence, by the principal who bears responsibility for it.
The Principal
That judgment is formed through direct exposure to consequence, exercised without delegation, and carried personally by the firm’s principal.
Hector R. Lopez’s judgment was formed in environments where authority could not be deferred, ambiguity was active, and consequences were immediate.
His work has consistently taken place in environments marked by crisis, conflict, and instability—where decisions had to be made before facts were complete, positions were hardened, or outcomes became irreversible.
Litigation provided the initial discipline for this judgment. Serving as lead counsel in complex, high-stakes matters sharpened consequence awareness, evidentiary rigor, and the ability to distinguish signal from noise when narratives diverge and escalation distorts decision-making.
These experiences clarified where disputes truly originate, how misalignment compounds risk, and when containment, resolution, or adjudication best preserves enterprise viability.