Law Practice
Nov. 24, 2020
Rusty warriors
A boxer who has had a long layoff between bouts is rusty when he gets back in the ring. He moves a bit slower and lacks the same finesse he once had. The same is true for trial lawyers.
Gary A. Dordick
Dordick Law CorporationPhone: (310) 551-0949
Fax: (855) 299-4444
Email: gary@dordicklaw.com
University of West Los Angeles; Los Angeles CA
Gary A. Dordick is a trial attorney in Beverly Hills with over 125 jury trials in his career. He won CAALA's Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2001, and CAOC's (Consumer Attorneys of California) Trial Attorney of the Year in 2009. He was one of the Daily Journal's Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2017, as well as one of the Daily Journal's Top 30 Plaintiff Lawyers in California for 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. He is also a Diplomat with The Los Angeles Chapter of ABOTA and an Emeritus Board Member with CAALA. Mr. Dordick frequently lectures trial practice, ethics and civility in the courtroom.
A boxer who has had a long layoff between bouts is rusty when he gets back in the ring. He moves a bit slower and lacks the same finesse he once had. He sees the punch coming and his brain tells his body to duck, but somewhere after the thought and before the action, he feels the sting of the punch landing. The boxing term for this is ring rust.
A trial lawyer also suffers ring rust when there is too much time between trials and ins...
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