Gregory B. Jordan

Gregory B. Jordan is the Global Managing Partner at Reed Smith, and Chairman of the Senior Management Team and Executive Committee.  During his seven-year tenure as Managing Partner, Reed Smith has completed a series of combinations in Europe, California, New York, Chicago, the Middle East, and Asia, to become one of the largest firms in the world, with approximately 1600 lawyers in 23 offices around the globe.

In 2003, The American Lawyer named Greg as one of the country’s top 45 lawyers under 45.  In 2005, The Lawyer named him to the Global 100, a list of the 100 most influential lawyers.  In 2006, a survey by The American Lawyer ranked Reed Smith as among the five best-managed law firms.  Greg has been listed in The Best Lawyers In America since 1995. 

Under Greg's leadership, Reed Smith has been repeatedly recognized for its excellence in client service; for Reed Smith University—its award-winning professional development program in partnership with the Wharton School; for its commitment to pro bono work; and for its award-winning diversity initiative.

Greg is a frequent speaker on law firm leadership and growth issues and manages numerous civic responsibilities.  He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bethany College, and as a board member of the Carnegie Science Center and the Duquesne Club.

Greg's practice primarily involves banking and financial services litigation, and media and First Amendment litigation.  He is currently or has recently served as lead counsel for Bank of America, Wachovia and JPMorgan Chase involving investments in affiliated mutual funds, and he has tried and argued a number of significant cases in those fields.  He was lead trial counsel in the landmark copyright case Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. iCraveTV, 53 USPQ2nd 1831.

A native of Wheeling, West Virginia, Greg obtained his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Bethany College in 1981.  He graduated in 1984, cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and the Order of the Coif.  Greg is admitted to the Pennsylvania and West Virginia Bars. 

Representative Matters

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., et al. v. iCraveTV, et al. - Prosecution of a precedent-setting case on behalf of a number of major motion picture studios against an Internet start-up company located in Canada that was displaying billions of dollars worth of copyrighted films, television programs and sports telecasts on its Website site without permission of the copyright and trademark owners; (53 USPQ2nd 1831) (W.D. Pa. Feb. 2000)

• Fischler v. AmSouth Bank - Successfully defended a national bank in a mutual fund class action seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages (176 F.R.D. 583 (M.D. Fla. 1997))

• In re Bank of America - Defending bank in national class actions involving conversion of billions of dollars in common trust funds into mutual funds: pending in various courts

• BIEC v. James Forand - Successfully prosecuted trade secrets claims threatening survival of steel technology licensing company; seminal Pennsylvania trade secrets law decision (791 F. Supp. 489 (E.D. Pa. 1992))

• Resmed v. Respironics - Defense of patent infringement litigation involving significant products for publicly held medical products company with annual sales in excess of $300 million; pending in W.D. Pa.

Publications

• "Drafter Beware: Forum Selection Clauses May Not Achieve Their Goal"
• "Non-Compete Agreements and Consideration - What's An Employer to Do?"
• "Expanding Scope of Non-Competition Agreements"
• "Advanced Litigation Risk Management for the Corporate Fiduciary," Trusts & Estates, May 2001
• "Bank Mutual Fund Sales Litigation: Class Action Developments," Review of Banking & Financial Services, Vol. 14

Experience

Legal Education

Undergraduate Education

Professional Admissions / Qualifications

• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

Professional Affiliations

• Bethany College – Chair, Board of Trustees
• Carnegie Science Center – Member, Board of Trustees
• Duquesne Club – Former Member, Board of Trustees