Locke Lord announced this week that Houston litigator Mia Lorick has joined the firm as a partner.
Lorick was previously a shareholder and the director of diversity and inclusion at Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey PC.
“I am thrilled to join Locke Lord, a firm that is a well-known and widely respected Texas staple. I look forward to contributing to its litigation practice and singular culture while further building my practice via its robust national platform,” Lorick said in a statement.
Lorick has particular expertise in real estate litigation, commercial disputes and professional liability defense. She also handles appeals and has argued before the Texas Supreme Court.
Outside of the courtroom, Lorick is an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at the University of Houston Law Center, her alma mater. She is the founder of the law school’s Suited for Success scholarship, which awards law students the funds needed to buy a business suit for interviewing. The scholarship has since been expanded to include the University of Texas School of Law.
“No matter how much success you achieve in life, you have a duty to reach back down the ladder and pull other people up,” Lorick said in a video interview on Locke Lord’s website.