Andrea Sheridan Ordin

Senior Counsel
ANDREA SHERIDAN ORDIN joined the firm as Senior Counsel. She has been a
trailblazer in our profession. She was the United States Attorney for
the Central District of California—only the third female U.S. Attorney
in American history. She has served as Los Angeles County Counsel, as
Chief Assistant Attorney General of California, as Assistant District
Attorney for Los Angeles County, and as President of the Los Angeles County
Bar Association. Ms. Ordin was appointed by Mayor Tom Bradley to serve
on the Christopher Commission that examined the Los Angeles Police Department’s
practices following the Rodney King beating, resulting in a sweeping reform
of the LAPD. She subsequently served as President of the Los Angeles Police
Commission. Beyond her broad public-sector experience, Ms. Ordin was a
partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where she handled major litigation,
including the aftermath of the 1994 Orange County bankruptcy, and conducted
a number of independent investigations for corporate clients.
Ms. Ordin headed the Public Rights Division of the California Department
of Justice for eight years under the leadership of John Van de Kamp, and
with her guidance, the Office won landmark decisions in civil rights,
environmental, land-use and antitrust law on behalf of the state and a
broad range of state agencies, to which she was a counsel and advisor.
Most recently Ms. Ordin has been an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine Law
School, teaching "Government Lawyering", and she has been invited
to guest lecture and co-teach classes at UCLA Law School, Loyola Law School,
and New York University School of Law. Among her awards are the American
Bar Association Margaret Brent Award, the Mexican American Bar Foundation
Precursor de Justicia Award, and the Los Angeles County Bar Shattuck-Price
Award. She currently serves on the Los Angeles Ethics Commission to which
she was appointed by Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer.