Jordan Golds joined the firm in November 2021 following clerkships with Judge Robert D. Sack, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Jordan earned his B.A. from The University of Chicago and his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He was also recognized as a Kirkland & Ellis Scholar, a distinction awarded to students with grades in the top 10% of the class, and received the Joseph Henry Beale Prize as well as the Dean's Award in two courses. Prior to law school, Jordan worked at Goldman Sachs and the hedge fund D.E. Shaw.
Other Representative Cases
United States ex rel. Poehling v. UnitedHealthCare (C.D. Cal.)
Counsel for defendant UnitedHealth Group in False Claims Act lawsuit related to diagnosis coding in CMS’s Medicare Advantage program
Opioids Litigation
National counsel for Walgreens in litigation relating to the distribution and sale of prescription opioids, including over 2,500 cases brought by states, cities, counties, tribes, and private parties seeking recovery in connection with the opioid abuse crisis
Education & Honors
The University of Chicago Law School, 2019, J.D., with High Honors
Editor-in-Chief, The University of Chicago Law Review
Kirkland & Ellis Scholar
Joseph Henry Beale Prize
Dean's Awards in Criminal Law & Property Law
The University of Chicago, 2013, B.A., with Honors
Dean's List
Clerkships
- Honorable Robert D. Sack, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2020-2021
- Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2019-2020
Government Service
Intern for the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Banking and Finance, United States Department of Treasury, 2017
Admissions
- Illinois