Gary Dordick
Owner | Managing Attorney | Dordick Law Corporation
Gary Dordick is a personal injury, premises liability and wrongful death trial lawyer and owner | managing attorney of Dordick Law Corporation in Riverside, California. Admitted in California and Washington.
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Gary A. Dordick is the founder, owner and managing attorney of Dordick Law Corporation, a California plaintiffs’ firm with offices in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Riverside. He concentrates on plaintiff jury trials and has tried more than 150 cases to verdict, representing people hurt in vehicle crashes, unsafe properties, sexual abuse and other serious injury matters.
His firm credits him with some of the largest verdicts in several California counties, including $2.28 billion in Riverside County in 2023, $900 million in Los Angeles County in 2024, $115 million in Los Angeles County in 2025 and $125 million in Ventura County in 2016. He is a past president of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, serving in 2025, and remains on its executive board. CAALA named him Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2001 and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2023, and CAOC named him Trial Attorney of the Year in 2009.
Dordick went to law school directly from high school, attending an evening program while working his way up from a file-room clerk job at a law firm. He is licensed in California and Washington. He founded Dordick Trial College, whose proceeds go to cancer research, and in 2023 Loyola Law School named its trial advocacy building for the Dordick family.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Licensed in California
- Licensed in Washington
Practice Areas
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Los Angeles Chapter (President, 2025; Executive Board)
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governors, Emeritus)
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- CAALA Hall of Fame (2023)
- CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year (2001)
- CAOC Trial Attorney of the Year (2009)
- Daily Journal Top 100 Lawyers in California (2017, 2021-2025)
- Daily Journal Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California (2016, 2018-2025)
- Loyola Law School Champion of Justice Award (2016)
- ASCDC Civil Advocate Award (2015)
- Bernard Jefferson Award, University of West Los Angeles School of Law (2003)
- Super Lawyers Top 100 Southern California
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
- $2.28 Billion Verdict: Doe v. Fitzgerald, Riverside County, California (2023).
- $900 Million Jury Verdict: Jane Doe v. Alkiviades David, Los Angeles County (2024).
- $125 Million Verdict: Briones v. Zink, Ventura County, California (2016).
- $115 Million Verdict: Alexandra Gucci Zarini v. Patricia Gucci and Joseph Ruffalo, Los Angeles County (2025).
- $55.3 Million Verdict: Steward v. Stratus Security Services, San Bernardino, California.
- $42.7 Million Settlement: Murillo v. U-Haul, San Bernardino, California.
- $36.12 Million Arbitration Award: Rodriguez v. Doe, Alameda County, California.
- $31.55 Million Verdict: Griepentrog v. Banner Health, Maricopa County, Arizona.
- $31 Million Settlement: Defective pool drain wrongful death case.
- $31 Million Verdict: Sosa v. DJI Technologies, Los Angeles, California.
- $30.9 Million Settlement: Multiple plaintiffs harmed by a wildfire caused by negligence.
- $30.3 Million Settlement: Multiple-vehicle collision.
- $21 Million Settlement: Pedestrian employee struck by a vehicle; serious injuries.
- $12.5 Million Settlement: Dinkleman v. State of California, Los Angeles/San Bernardino.
- $11.6 Million Verdict: Schmidt v. State of California, Riverside, California.
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