
Jeffrey S. Jordan
Partner
Jeff Jordan has devoted his entire career to helping injured people recover the compensation they need and deserve. Jeff represents people injured due to the negligence of others on construction sites, in car collisions, slip and falls, and in all other types of personal injury cases.
When Jeff is not busy working on his clients' cases, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons. Jeff volunteers his time and expertise several times per year to teach Chicago Public Schools' students in their classrooms about the law and trial advocacy. Jeff also spends his free time coaching and managing his sons' various sports teams.
Here are some of Jeff’s results:
$2,750,000
for the driver of a vehicle who suffered a brain injury after he rain out of fuel and was rear-ended by another driver.
$2,750,000
for a carpenter who collided with a semi tractor-trailer suffering multiple fractures.
$2,650,000
for two pedestrians struck by a police vehicle responding to an emergency call.
$2,490,000
for an Ironworker who tripped and fell on a construction site, injuring her lower back and requiring fusion surgery.
$1,000,000
for a pizza delivery driver injured in a car accident
$1,825,000
for an Ironworker who suffered injuries to his hip and groin on two different job sites, requiring arthroscopic surgery.
$1,000,000
for an electrical worker who slipped and fell on ice on a construction site and suffered a rotator cuff tear.
Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury
Construction Negligence
Premises Liability
Slip and Falls
Motor Vehicle Collisions
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 2004
U.S. District Court Northern District Illinois, 2004
Education:
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. 2004
Cum Laude
Top Grade in the following classes: Illinois Litigation, Complex Issues in Personal Injury Litigation, and Criminal Law
Certificate in Trial Advocacy
National Champion of the Wagner Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition in 2003
Loyola University Chicago, B.A. 2001, majored in Political Science, minored in Anthropology, History, and Philosophy
Published Works/Presentations:
Jeff has published two articles for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Trial Journal publication, titled: Construction Negligence: The Past, Present and Future Application of Section 414 of the Restatement (Second) Torts in Illinois, Winter 2005, Volume 7, No. 1; and The Case for a More Practical, Nuts-and-Bolts, Approach to Law School Curriculum: A Former Student’s Perspective, Winter 2009, Volume 11, Number 1.
Jeff provided a presentation at an Illinois Trial Lawyers Continuing Legal Education Seminar: Other Liens: Med Pay, Workers’ Comp, Medicare Set Aside, Insurance Liens and Settlement Seminar, March 28, 2009.
Jeff again served as an Illinois Trial Lawyers Faculty Member on February 15, 2010 when he provided a presentation for a Continuing Legal Education Seminar on the issue of Medicare.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Illinois State Bar Association