Reeves Jordan

Reeves is an associate in Maynard Nexsen’s Litigation Section, where he divides his time between the firm’s Appellate and Business Litigation practice groups.

Reeves is an accomplished, experienced appellate lawyer who regularly handles cases in the Alabama Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals.  He has handled briefing, motions, and mandamus petitions in the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits, and in the state appellate courts of Alabama, Georgia, and Texas.  He has served as embedded appellate counsel at the trial level as well, assisting in the preparation of dispositive motions and the preservation of issues for appeal.

Reeves also maintains a broad and general business disputes practice.  He has particular experience with corporate governance and shareholder litigation, and has advised and represented clients in this area of the law in matters ranging from family business partnership disputes to large, complex shareholder derivative actions.  Reeves has handled a variety of disputes and lawsuits for firm clients across the substantive spectrum, including matters involving financial services, entertainment, data privacy, trademark, employment, and administrative law.

Earlier in his career, Reeves worked as an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, where his practice focused on securities, antitrust, and intellectual property litigation.

Reeves served as a law clerk to two federal judges, the Honorable Elizabeth L. “Lisa” Branch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Atlanta, and the Honorable Samuel H. “Hardy” Mays of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, in Memphis.  He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a Managing Editor of The University of Chicago Law Review.

Recognition

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch" for Commercial Litigation (2025)