Jordan Gerheim
Administrative & Regulatory, Business / Contracts, Business Formation, Civil Rights, Construction, Employment & Labor - Defense, Franchising, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Startups, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Wills, Trusts, & Probate, Workers Compensation (Transactional/Litigation)
Mobile, Alabama
Personal Introduction
Before founding Outside Chief Legal Executive, Jordan worked for large traditional law firms with offices extending across the United States and internationally as well. Jordan originally trained as a litigator, amassing nearly 15 years of experience trying cases throughout the state and federal courts of both Alabama and Florida. Jordan defends and prosecutes a wide variety of cases including construction, insurance, bad faith, professional liability, product liability, wrongful death, employment, commercial, premises liability, dram shop/liquor liability, and workers compensation claims. Jordan's diverse litigation and outside chief legal experience provides him with the unique ability, as well as opportunity, to advise companies and business owners on a wide range matters and industry groups A native of Alpharetta, Georgia, Jordan has been a resident of Alabama for over 15 years. He currently resides in Mobile, Alabama where he met his wife, the former Johana Bucci, who is an Assistant District Attorney with the Mobile County District Attorney's Office.
Practice Composition
Transactional/Litigation
Education
Practice Summary
Jordan serves as general and/or chief legal counsel for a growing list of companies, large and small, across a variety of industry groups. Jordan has always had an interest in business and entrepreneurism. He started his first business before the age of 12, babysitting, washing cars and shining shoes. In high school, he operated his own lawn care business with 20 weekly customers. Today, Jordan is still opening and growing his own businesses across several industries, including the founding of his new law firm Outside Chief Legal. As a business owner himself, he understands the difficulty other owners' business objectives and budgetary constraints can affect or stalemate decisions. Jordan's diverse litigation and outside chief legal experience provides him with the unique ability, as well as opportunity, to advise companies and business owners on a wide range matters and industry groups A native of Alpharetta, Georgia, Jordan has been a resident of Alabama for over 15 years. He currently resides in Mobile, Alabama where he met his wife, the former Johana Bucci, a former Assistant District Attorney and not District Court Judge in Mobile County, Alabama.
Response Time
2 days
Awards
Martindale-Hubbell- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Superlawyers Rising Stars
Affiliations
Alabama Bar Association
Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
Baldwin County Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
Mobile Bar Association
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
Downtown Mobile Alliance - Board of Directors (2020 - Present) - Vice Chair of Strategic Initiatives (2020 - Present) Main Street Mobile - Board of Directors (2020 - Present) Leadership Mobile (2015 Graduate) Fuse Project - Board of Directors - Original Board of Directors & Governance Chair (2011 - 2018) - Order of Fuse (2015 - Present) Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama (2019 - Present) - "Big Brother" to DeAngelo UGA Alumni Association Club of Mobile & Surrounding Areas (Founder/Former President) Senior Bowl Committee - (2009 - 2022)
What is Overture?
Overture is an attorney-to-attorney referral network. Vetted attorneys refer matters they can’t take on to trusted colleagues and earn fee splits when they do, expanding what every attorney can offer their clients.