Lori Ginex-Orinion
Lori Ginex-Orinion joined the firm now known as Finlayson Williams Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly LLP in January 2007, after practicing in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP for over four years in its renowned litigation department.
Expertise
Ms. Ginex-Orinion's practice is primarily dedicated to business litigation matters, including those alleging breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, fraud, and unfair business practices, in a various fields including real estate, healthcare, finance, and energy. She has also been involved in complex business litigation, in which she has defended companies in securities class actions, labor and employment class actions, ERISA actions, and False Claims Act actions. In addition, Ms. Ginex-Orinion has substantial experience representing secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy-related matters, including non-dischargeability actions against debtors.
Pro Bono Work & Awards
While practicing at Gibson Dunn, and in conjunction with Orange County's Public Law Center, Ms. Ginex-Orinion led a team of lawyers in pursuing a pro bono matter on behalf of multiple low-income tenants living in a dilapidated 20-unit apartment building in Santa Ana. Ms. Ginex-Orinion and her team obtained significant victories on behalf of the tenants, including the application of an effective, rarely used procedure – the appointment of a health and safety code receiver to take over control of the property. In early 2007, Ms. Ginex-Orinion received Gibson Dunn's prestigious Frank Wheat Memorial Award and was also recognized by the American Jewish Committee as an "Emerging Leader" for her pro bono work.Education
Ms. Ginex-Orinion earned her law degree, cum laude, in 2002 from Georgetown University Law Center. While at Georgetown, she was a Legal Research and Writing Fellow, a member of Georgetown's National Moot Court Team, and a student-attorney in Georgetown's Domestic Violence Clinic. In 2000, Ms. Ginex-Orinion also served as a legal extern to the Honorable David G. Sills, Presiding Justice, in the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in Political Science in 1998 from the University of California, Los Angeles. While at UCLA, Ms. Ginex-Orinion participated in the esteemed Center for American Politics and Public Policy program; as part of that program, she interned for the House Budget Committee and drafted an empirical paper on the line-item veto, which was used for the first (and really only) time while she was in Washington, D.C.
Memberships & Affiliations
Ms. Ginex-Orinion is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice law in all state courts in California and the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California. She is also actively involved in the legal community of Orange County, and in particular, she is a member of the Orange County Bar Foundation and has worked with the Constitutional Rights Foundation (a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization) for years, supporting their state-wide mock trial program, both coaching high school mock trial teams and judging competitions.