P.O.
Box
793991,
Office:
972-701-0155
Fax: 972-701-0151
Cell: 214-538-9356
E-mail: lori.ordiway@att.net
When
you need assistance in your next criminal appeal and on criminal
law
issues that arise during trial, my qualifications and experience
can
make
significant contributions to your cause.
EDUCATION
THE
Bachelor
of Arts, December 1979
THE
Doctor
of Jurisprudence, May 1983
LEGAL CAREER
Law
Office of Lori Ordiway, Texas Criminal Appellate Attorney
Dallas, Texas - July 2007 - present
Chief
of
Appellate Division (direct
appeals and writs)
Maintained
over 95 percent success rate for cases
assigned to division throughout tenure, and duties included
supervising
a
department of 23 full-time attorneys and 3 support staff;
managing overall
docketing and assignment of direct appeal briefs; hiring and
training
of staff;
mediating and resolving personnel issues; conducting yearly
performance
evaluations of staff; preparing quarterly performance measures
and
yearly
request for budget; advising administration on legal and
policy issues;
editing
work product of attorneys in division; and preparing written
briefs,
motions,
and letters.
Direct
Appeals
Prosecutor
ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR DALLAS COUNTY, Dallas, Texas– August
1992 to November
1999
Associate Attorney –
August 1991 to July 1992
LAW
OFFICES OF PHILLIP L. WEIN, Clarion, Pennsylvania
Associate Staff Attorney –
April 1988 to July 1989
GODWIN,
CARLTON & MAXWELL, Dallas, Texas
Staff Attorney –
September 1985 to April 1988.
FIFTH
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS, Dallas, Texas
Research Attorney –January
1985
to September 1985
FIFTH
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS, Dallas, Texas
Briefing Attorney –
September 1983 to June 1984
FIFTH
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS, Dallas, Texas
Associate Attorney –
September 1984 to December 1984
ROHDE,
CHAPMAN, FORD, & HOWE, Dallas, Texas
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
TEXAS
STATE
BAR,
Admitted November 1983
DISTRICT
COURT
FOR
THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Admitted November 1983
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE
BAR, Admitted October 1991
MEMBER
STATE
BAR
OF
TEXAS
TEXAS
ASSOCIATION
OF POST-CONVICTION CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS
APPOINTMENTS
TEXAS
DISTRICT
&
COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION (“TDCAA”),
EDITORIAL BOARD 2004, 2005 &
2006
SPEAKER/PRESENTER
TDCAA
HOMICIDE
COURSE
– AUGUST 2001
Case
Law Update
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW CONFERENCE ON CRIMINAL APPEALS – MAY
2002
Jurisdictional
Issues
DALLAS
BAR
ASSOCIATION’S
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE’S
APPELLATE AND POST CONVICTION LAW
SEMINAR – MAY 2002
Jurisdictional
Issues
TDCAA
CAPITAL
MURDER CONFERENCE – JUNE 2003
Handling
Post-Conviction DNA Claims
TDCAA
ADVANCED
APPELLATE ADVOCACY
COURSE – AUGUST 2005
Planning
and Faculty Member
DALLAS
COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE IN-HOUSE TRAINING
Case
Law Updates on May 11, 2000, July 26, 2001, July 18, 2002,
January 30,
2003,
August 7, 2003, January 22, 2004, July 29, 2004, January 20,
2005, July
21,
2005, January 26, 2006,
August 2,
2006, and February 22, 2007.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
JEWISH
COMMUNITY
CENTER OF DALLAS:
Leader
of the Year Award – June 2003
Member
of Board of Directors, October 1998 - June 2007, June 2011 -
present
Membership
Chair, June 2004 to present
Co-Chair
of Annual Jewish Film Festival, 2000-2009
Co-Chair
of Arts Festival, August 2004
Vice-Chair
of Food & Hospitality, 2005 JCC Maccabi Games
Food
Co-Chair of Arts Festival, August 2006, August 2007
DALLAS
JEWISH
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Member
of Board of Directors, June 2008 - present
BRENTFIELD
ELEMENTARY
PTA: Member of Executive Board, May 1997 to May
2004
PARKHILL
JUNIOR
HIGH PTA: Member of Executive Board, May 1998 to May 1999
& May 2004
to May 2005
J.
J.
PEARCE
HIGH SCHOOL PTA: Member of Executive Board, May 2006 to May
2007
B’NAI
BRITH
YOUTH
ORGANIZATION: Member of Adult Advisory Board, September 2000 to
August
2002