Firdaus F. Dordi

Judge Dordi was appointed to the bench in 2016 by Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. Until his appointment, Judge Dordi was a founding partner of DORDI WILLIAMS COHEN, LLP (currently COHEN WILLIAMS, LLP), a boutique law firm focused on white collar defense and complex criminal and civil trials. Prior to starting the law firm, Judge Dordi was a Deputy Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California for nearly 14 years. During that time, he served in the Appellate Unit and Trial Units. He also served as Chief of the Los Angeles Office's Trial Unit, overseeing a team of over 100 individuals consisting of lawyers, paralegals, investigators, and other legal staff. He also had a brief stint in private practice and served as a law clerk in both state and federal court. Judge Dordi received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School. Judge Dordi currently presides over a split family law home court and settlement court in Department J in the Van Nuys East Courthouse and serves as the Assistant Supervising Judge of the Family Law Division.

Loyola Law School, 1996