Jordan Shewmaker represents clients in all aspects of complex commercial litigation from filing through final appeal. He also assists clients with sensitive internal investigations and compliance exercises in the United States and abroad. His experience includes antitrust matters, administrative actions, health care litigation, product liability appeals, and defense of claims brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Jordan maintains an active pro bono practice. He assisted Jones Day's Hate Crimes Task Force in efforts to combat illegal paramilitary and militia activity during the 2020 election.
Prior to joining Jones Day, Jordan served as a judicial law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In addition to his legal experience, he has a background in nonprofit resource development, state and local government, and research focusing on health care law and political science.
- University of Kentucky (J.D. magna cum laude 2018; Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky Law Journal; Moot Court Board; Honor Council; Pupil of the Central Kentucky American Inn of Court); Centre College (B.A. in Government 2014)
- Kentucky, Tennessee, District of Columbia, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Law Clerk, United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Kentucky (Summer 2016)
- Law Clerk to Judge Eugene E. Siler, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2019-2020) and Judge Joseph M. Hood, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky (2018-2019)