The $8 million Dordick Family Trial Advocacy Fund from Nava and Gary A. Dorcik will help strengthen the law school’s academic programming, student scholarships and awards, and faculty and staff support associated with its advocacy programs.
In recognition of their lifetime giving to the university, LMU Loyola Law School will name the building housing its advocacy programs the Dordick Family Trial Advocacy Center.
“A gift of this magnitude provides LLS an extraordinary foundation of support as we continue to grow Loyola Law School’s top-ranked advocacy programs and shape the diverse legal profession of the future,” said Brietta Clark, interim dean and senior vice president of LMU Loyola Law School.
LMU Loyola Law School received an A in preLaw magazine’s Honor Roll for top schools for trail advocacy.
Gary Dordick founded Dordick Law Corporation in 1987. Based in Los Angeles, the firm is a family affair: his wife, Nava, serves as CFO/administrator while three of their five children, Dylan, Michelle, and Taylor, work there as lawyers. The firm primarily takes on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, many of which were high-profile lawsuits against major corporations. The Dordicks’ gift to LMU Loyola Law School is their largest to date and brings together their interests in philanthropy, education and the law.
“Our firm works hard to provide the best possible legal representation to clients who have suffered enormous losses, and we couldn’t do that without the preparation of an excellent legal education,” said Gary Dordick. “LLS is known for producing great trial lawyers, and we want to ensure that future generations of law students, no matter their background, have access to an LLS education so they can help build a better world.”
