About Jess Jordan

Jess Jordan is an Equity Partner at McCready Law, dedicated to delivering exceptional service and personalized support to clients during difficult times. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, he was motivated to pursue law by childhood experiences with a fatal motorcycle accident and a personal car accident in high school where his testimony was crucial. He has secured over $50 million for clients through various legal proceedings.

Jordan earned his Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University in 2013 and his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 2017.

He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Arizona.

His recognitions include selection as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Notable settlements include $2.2 million against the City of Chicago, $1 million in a trucking case, $980,000 and $865,000 premises liability cases, $800,000, $725,000, and $565,000 trucking cases, and a $300,000 dog bite settlement.

Proven verdicts and settlements at McCready Law

These results are credited to McCready Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$350,000Verdict

A federal jury awarded Edward Nance $350,000 after Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke violently handcuffed him during a 2007 traffic stop, tearing both rotator cuffs and ending his ability to work.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (federal) · 2011Civil RightsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law)
B.S., 2017
Arizona State University
Undergraduate, 2013

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 2017
State Bar of Arizona

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Star (2022, 2023, 2024)

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$80 Million Default Judgment Against Iran for Iraq Roadside Bomb That Killed a Soldier and Injured His Platoon Leader
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$363 million · Sterigenics Verdict: $363 Million for a Willowbrook Cancer Survivor
Clifford Law Offices
Clifford Law Offices
$110 million · American Eagle Flight 4184: $110 Million Crash Settlement and a Courtroom Apology
Power Rogers LLP
Power Rogers LLP
$100 million · Willis Family Wrongful Death Settlement: $100 Million After Six Children Killed in I-94 Truck Crash
Romanucci & Blandin
Romanucci & Blandin
$98.65 Million Verdict for Family of Botham Jean, Shot in His Own Apartment by Off-Duty Dallas Officer

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.