German A. Gomez

As a practicing lawyer, he also serves in a legal capacity assisting the Firm with various issues including developing, drafting, and implementing the Firm's policies, procedures, and guidelines; managing the Firm’s annual compliance certification program; providing CLE and other training programs on legal ethics, anti-discrimination, and anti-harassment issues; assisting with responding to client information requests, state and federal government inquiries, compliance audits, RFPs; and establishing the Firm's Affirmative Action program in compliance with OFCCP requirements.  German also lead the Firm's pro bono representation of various affinity bar groups, including the Hispanic National Bar Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, before the Third Circuit to successfully reinstate Pennsylvania’s Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) - an anti-bias and harassment rule that would discipline lawyers who knowingly engage in racial and sexual discrimination in the practice of law.  Prior to that, German served as an assistant general counsel with the Firm’s General Counsel’s Office where he provided advice and counsel on various legal ethics, professional responsibility, and risk management issues.

Before joining Hogan Lovells, German served as an assistant general counsel with the General Counsel’s office at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) where he advised and counseled lawyers on a wide variety of matters legal ethics, professional responsibility, employment law, and risk management issues. He also defended the DOJ in employment litigation involving claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and whistleblowing before the EEOC and MSPB.