Jordan Matthews is an experienced trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor. She helps clients navigate their toughest internal and government investigations and high-stakes civil and criminal litigation.
Jordan regularly handles internal, whistleblower, and government investigations, including investigations involving allegations of fraud, foreign and domestic corruption, and harassment. She also represents clients in class actions and complex litigation matters, including contract dispute, consumer fraud, false advertising, and mass tort matters.
Prior to joining Jones Day, Jordan was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago for nearly seven years, most recently serving in the National Security and Cybercrime Section. During Jordan's time as a federal prosecutor, she successfully tried numerous cases to verdict and led hundreds of investigations related to national security, trade secret, cybercrime, RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations), financial fraud, and tax offenses, among others.
Jordan is on the Board of After School Matters, Legal Action Chicago, and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. She also co-chairs the Chicago Chapter of the Women's White Collar Defense Association and is an active member of the Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago.
Jordan is a member of Jones Day's Firmwide Diversity Committee, co-leads Jones Day's Hate Crimes Task Force, and was the Firm's 2022 Leadership Council for Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow.
Experience
Additional Speaking Engagements
- June 4, 2024
Hot Topics in SEC and DOJ Enforcement and Litigation 2024 - Sandpiper Partners LLC - March 6, 2024
ABA White Collar Institute - November 2023
2023 Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys Health Law Symposium - November 10, 2022
ADL Never is Now Conference - "Securing Democracy: Taking Hate and Extremism to Court" - July 13, 2022
Hot Trends in DOJ and SEC Enforcement & Litigation 2022 - Sandpiper Partners LLC - March 2, 2022
ABA White Collar Institute
- University of Pennsylvania (J.D. 2009); Yale University (B.A. in Political Science 2006)
- Illinois, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois (2014-2021)
- Chambers USA, recognized as "Up and Coming" in Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (2024)
- Law Clerk to Judge J. Curtis Joyner, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2009-2010)