About the firm
I am Sean Jordan, Founder and Principal of Sean Jordan Law. I have practiced law for 13 years, most of it in-house, including two years as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
I have run the boardroom for a global organization: board and committee meetings, nominations and elections, governance, and a legal, governance, and risk function that reported to me. I have been the commercial lawyer for a global distributor of industrial raw materials, closing more than 400 agreements in a single year. I have sat on the HR leadership team and been the legal partner to CHROs and HR business partners through reductions in force, executive separations, and investigations that went to the CEO and the Board. And before any of that, I spent four years in litigation defending businesses in the disputes.
That work looks different from the inside. In-house, you do not hand back a memo and leave. You live with the deal, the relationship, and whatever the contract turns out to say two years later. You are in the room when the customer asks for something the agreement does not allow, and you are the one who gets the call when a manager needs to make a decision before lunch.
Why I started the firm
I started this firm for companies that are not ready to hire a full-time lawyer but have outgrown handling it themselves. Most of them are not looking for a legal opinion. They want someone who will learn the business, pick up the phone, and be straight with them about what actually matters.
Background
Experience.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | The Institute of Internal Auditors.
Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary | CentralSquare Technologies.
Senior Corporate Counsel | Ravago Americas.
Corporate Counsel | Digital Risk.
Associate Attorney | Eraclides, Gelman.
Education.
Juris Doctor | Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law.
Bachelor of Arts in History | University of Florida.
Admission. The Florida Bar.
Four things I have learned that matter to a business
Straight talk, clear enough to act on. I tell you what I think, in plain language, including when the answer is one you don’t want. Advice that needs a lawyer to interpret it is not advice. You should be able to read it once and make the call.
The risk is yours to take. My job is to make sure you see it. Every business has a different appetite for risk, and mine should not decide yours. I identify what a term or a decision actually exposes you to, tell you how likely it is to matter, and give you my recommendation. Then you decide with your eyes open, and the business keeps moving.
Your question gets answered this week. In-house, a question that waits is a question that gets decided without a lawyer. I pick up the phone, and I have carried several hundred matters a year without letting the small ones slide.
Fewer surprises. You bring me a contract; I also notice the expired registration, the release that won't hold up, or the signature that wasn't authorized. I have seen what goes wrong in diligence, in board meetings, and in litigation, so I know where to look before anyone else does.
LET’s TALK
Tell me what you are working on. I will tell you whether I can help, what it would cost, and if I am not the right fit, who you should call instead. There is no charge for an initial conversation.