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.

• Representing national and state trade associations in Administrative Procedure Act lawsuit of national consequence against the United States Department of Energy (represented by the Department of Justice) challenging DOE’s 2022 Energy Conservation Standards for Manufacturing Housing, 87 Fed. Reg. 32,728. Manufactured Hous. Inst. v. United States Dep't of Energy, 2024 WL 3337376 (W.D. Tex. May 1, 2024). Thus far, the trade associations have defeated DOE’s motion to dismiss, the lawsuit has secured a multi-year delay of compliance dates, and the lawsuit has prompted substantive reconsideration of, and possible revisions to, the final regulatory standards in favor of the industry.  The lawsuit has been covered by the Wall Street Journal (additionally, it appeared in a WSJ Editorial Board Opinion) and Law360, among other national media outlets.
• Assisted a Berkshire Hathaway division with strategy related to a multi-year governmental investigation of lending practices by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and obtained dismissal with prejudice of subsequently filed enforcement action alleging violation of TILA’s ability-to-repay requirements.  This filing and dismissal of this lawsuit were extensively covered by various national news outlets, including Reuters, AP and NPR, among others. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. (E.D. Tenn.)

Recognition

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