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Administrative/Regulatory

Jun. 17, 2026

Report: Los Angeles County ranked among nation's top courts for plaintiff verdicts

A LexisNexis analysis found that plaintiffs won more than $2.4 billion in Los Angeles County Superior Court jury verdicts between 2023 and 2025, fueled by two verdicts of roughly $950 million each and a steady stream of high-value civil litigation.

Los Angeles County juries can make defendant companies sweat, plaintiffs' lawyers say -- and a new LexisNexis report offers numbers to back that up.

Plaintiffs won more than $2.4 billion in jury awards in Los Angeles County Superior Court between 2023 and 2025, according to a report released Tuesday by legal analytics company LexisNexis.

Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation in Beverly Hills attributed his firm's strong showing to hard work, a seven-day workw...

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