Jake Ordorica represents businesses and individuals in a wide array of civil litigation matters. His practice focuses on the defense of claims involving real property, real estate and real estate professionals, as well as general liability matters, including premises liability, personal injury, commercial litigation and commercial contracts and agreements.

Before joining Wilson Elser, Jake worked at a Las Vegas firm handling civil defense litigation.

    Education

    • William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV (J.D., 2021)
      • Intellectual Property Law Society
      • Sports and Entertainment Law Association
    • New Mexico State University (B.S. Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, 2015)

    Bar Admissions

    • Nevada

    Court Admissions

    • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
    • Supreme Court of Nevada

Jake A. Ordorica

Jake Ordorica represents businesses and individuals in a wide array of civil litigation matters. His practice focuses on the defense of claims involving real property, real estate and real estate professionals, as well as general liability matters, including premises liability, personal injury, commercial litigation and commercial contracts and agreements.

Before joining Wilson Elser, Jake worked at a Las Vegas firm handling civil defense litigation.

Jake A. Ordorica

Dodrill, Stewart, and Ordorica Convince Various Opposing Counsel to Drop Recent Suits Against Firm Clients

Colt Dodrill (Partner-Phoenix), Katherine Stewart (Of Counsel-Phoenix), and Jake Ordorica (Associate-Las Vegas) have obtained voluntary dismissals of the firm’s car-sharing platform client and various vehicle owners without having to file motions to dismiss. Colt, Katie, and Jake have called and educated multiple plaintiffs’ counsel in Arizona and Nevada on their states’ respective peer-to-peer car-sharing statutes, explaining the facts of various cases and how clients are immune from suit under those statutes. They also forwarded favorable rulings to opposing counsel from prior cases, holding that no negligent entrustment claim will stand when the shared-vehicle driver has a valid driver’s license, and finding clients are not vicariously liable for each driver’s negligence. This wave of voluntary dismissals by separate plaintiffs’ firms in two states has saved Wilson Elser clients substantial defense costs and allowed carriers to close files quickly.   

Colt B. Dodrill, Katherine A. Stewart and Jake A. Ordorica

Dodrill and Ordorica Obtain Dismissal in Hit-and-Run

Colt Dodrill (Partner-Phoenix) and Jake Ordorica (Associate-Las Vegas) successfully moved in Nevada’s Clark County District Court to dismiss negligence claims against Wilson Elser’s clients – a car-sharing platform and the vehicle owner. The plaintiff alleged that the clients negligently entrusted the car to a “Doe” driver who hit her vehicle and fled the scene. After opposing counsel refused to voluntarily dismiss our clients, Colt and Jake argued that the shared vehicle driver’s valid license belied the negligent entrustment claim and that such liability does not extend to successive entrustments. Colt and Jake further argued that, under state peer-to-peer car sharing statutes, federal law bars vicarious liability claims. The Court agreed, granting Wilson Elser’s motion two days before the scheduled hearing.

Colt B. Dodrill and Jake A. Ordorica

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