Pat Lopez

From a county courthouse in the West Texas desert to the halls of the Supreme Court, Pat Lopez has been called a ‘master’ of courtroom art by the U.S. Library of Congress. She has documented every human emotion as it unfolded before her with the quick movement of her colored pencils. Some of the trials she sketched live include the Matthew Shepard Murder, Karen Silkwood Murder, Oklahoma City bombing, Sam Bowers (member of the KKK), Jasper Dragging Death, Citadel, Waco Branch-Davidian trial, Selena Murder Trial, Susan Smith Murder trial, Andrea Yates Murder Trial, Kobe Bryant Rape Hearing, and many others.

For over 38 years Pat Lopez has captured United States Courtroom history for ABC News, CBS News, CNN, HBO, MTV, Associated Press, National Geographic, and other national media. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Dallas Morning News, Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, Rocky Mountain News, and other national periodicals.

Join us as Pat recounts her years of experience, taking you to the crime scenes of trials she was assigned to sketch. She will share how she developed her process of conducting creative research around the actual crime scene, before having to appear in highly-charged courtrooms where her life was twice threatened.