Jordan E. Helton

As a member of the firm’s Business Litigation group, Jordan assists clients with their most challenging commercial litigation disputes from pre-litigation case assessment to resolution. She has experience representing both businesses and individuals in cases involving a variety of legal areas before state and federal courts. She also has an active pro bono practice focused on civil rights.

Prior to joining Fennemore, Jordan served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She also worked as a commercial litigation associate at White & Case LLP in Washington, D.C. and Moye White LLP in Denver. During law school, Jordan served as a legal assistant to the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland, and worked in the chambers of the Honorable Christopher R. Cooper at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Before attending law school, Jordan taught English in Hangzhou, China, and worked as a communications manager for the International Rescue Committee. In her free time, Jordan enjoys exploring the Colorado outdoors with her family.

• J.D., American University Washington College of Law, summa cum laude
  • Executive Editor, American University Law Review
  • Order of the Coif
  • Lura E. Turley Prize for the best student work published in the Law Review
  • Mussey Prize for the highest scholastic average during the last year of study
• B.S., Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism

• Civil Pro Bono Panel, U.S. District Court of Colorado
• Volunteer, International Rescue Committee in Denver

• Colorado
• District of Columbia