Christopher R. Jordan

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455 Sea Island Road
St. Simons Island, GA 31522

200 East Saint Julian Street
PO Box 9848
Savannah, GA 31412-0048

Tel 912.262.5996
Fax 912.279.0586

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Chris Jordan is a litigator with a broad range of experience at the trial and appellate level. For much of his career, Chris has defended some of the country’s largest companies in product liability, toxic tort, and other complex litigation matters throughout the Southeast. Chris also maintains an active business litigation practice in state and federal courts across Georgia. From Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, Chris regularly advises clients on all aspects of dispute resolution in matters involving commercial real estate, logistics, corporate governance, banking, and fiduciary matters.

Chris is a frequent speaker to groups in Georgia and across the country on issues involving products liability, transportation law, and other complex litigation topics. Chris is also a member of the products liability team for ALFA International, a global legal networking organization.

Chris received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 2000 and graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 2003. He began his career at a large firm in Atlanta before moving to St. Simons Island, where he is from originally.

Chris is an active member of the Coastal Georgia community. He is a 2022 graduate of Leadership Georgia and a 2008 graduate of Leadership Glynn. He is a past member of the board of directors of the STAR Foundation, a job training and life skills program in Brunswick, Georgia. He is a current member of the board of directors for Hand in Hand, a nonprofit organization constructing “tiny homes” for the local homeless population.

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Representative Engagements

Representative Engagements

  • Defense verdict on behalf of national distributor of pharmaceutical medication following a five-week jury trial in opioid lawsuit brought by twenty-one plaintiffs seeking over $200 million in damages.
  • Successful resolution on behalf of national solar energy developer of five related mineral rights lawsuits involving over 100 adverse parties.
  • Summary judgment on behalf of heirs to complex estate in a declaratory judgment action.
  • Favorable trial verdict in lease dispute on behalf of Georgia public housing authority.
  • Favorable settlement of construction defect lawsuit on behalf of international insurance syndicate.
  • Favorable settlement on behalf of national custodial services company in contractual dispute with Atlanta-area county government.
  • Successfully obtained federal court dismissal of all claims against Class I railroad in case involving a pedestrian fatality crossing accident.
  • Successfully obtained dismissal on behalf of Class I railroad of employee’s claim alleging multiple work-induced repetitive stress injuries.
  • Favorable settlement of Alabama state court action brought by deceased railroad employee’s estate alleging decedent’s lung cancer was caused by occupational exposure to asbestos.
  • Favorable settlement following successful Daubert challenge in Tennessee state court to medical causation testimony of estate’s pathology and toxicology experts in suit brought by former employee’s estate alleging mesothelioma caused by occupational exposure to asbestos.
  • Favorable settlement during trial in Baltimore, Maryland, of lawsuit brought by living railroad employee alleging mesothelioma caused by steam-era exposure to asbestos at railroad.
  • Successfully obtained dismissals or favorable settlements in approximately 350 cases from federal multi-district litigation for asbestos (MDL 875), all remanded simultaneously for trial.
  • Obtained favorable language regarding scope of railroad’s duty to non-employees from Alabama Supreme Court. 23 So. 3d 625, 635 (Ala. 2009) (Murdock, J., concurring).
  • Successfully defended before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals a jury verdict in favor of railroad in living employee’s mesothelioma lawsuit.
  • Member of defense team that obtained summary reversal by U.S. Supreme Court of adverse opinion of Tennessee Court of Appeals in railroad’s appeal of jury verdict in employee lawsuit alleging injuries due to workplace exposure to chemical solvents and asbestos. CSX Transp. v. Hensley, 556 U.S. 838 (2009).
  • Successfully moved for new trial following multimillion-dollar adverse jury verdict in deceased former employee’s lawsuit alleging lung cancer caused by occupational exposure to radiation, diesel exhaust fumes, and asbestos; during retrial, successfully moved to exclude expert opinion testimony of estate’s radiation physicist, toxicologist, industrial hygienist, and treating physician, and thereafter obtained summary judgment; rev’d on appeal by 467 S.W.3d 413 (2015).

Community Work

Community Work

  • Leadership Georgia: Class of 2022
  • Leadership Southeast Georgia: Class of 2024
  • Leadership Glynn: Class of 2008
  • Hand in Hand: Board of Directors
  • STAR Foundation of Coastal Georgia: Board of Directors, Past Member
  • Vestry of Christ Church Frederica: Past Member

Credentials

Education

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Law: J.D., 2003
Duke University: B.S., Political Science, 2000

Affiliations

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Brunswick-Glynn County Bar Association
  • State Bar of Georgia
  • ALFA International
  • National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel: Executive Committee; Program Committee

Recognition

Recognition

Best Lawyers in America: Railroad Law, 2018-2024
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Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star: Business Litigation, Transportation/Maritime; 2013-2018
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Martindale-Hubbell: AV Rated
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Georgia

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Presentations

Presentations

Potential for Exposure from Asbestos-Containing Products
Presented at the Occup. Claims Conference in 2015.

Lowering Medical Damages under the Affordable Care Act
Presented at the NARTC Meeting in 2014.

The Unreliability of B-Reads in Asbestos Litigation
Presented at the Occup. Claims Conference in 2014.

Daubert Challenges to Medical Causation Testimony
Presented at the NARTC Meeting in 2013.

Strict Liability under Federal Railroad Administration Regulations
Presented at the NARTC Meeting in 2012.

Update on Federal Multidistrict Litigation for Asbestos
Presented at the Occup. Claims Conference in 2011.

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Video: Highlights of 2018 Savannah Logistics Lunch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXUdqUk7zeQ The Savannah Logistics Lunch, co-presented by the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Center of Innovation for Logistics and HunterMaclean, was held on Friday, July 20th at the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center. The…

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