Jordan S. Bolton

Jordan’s practice focuses on helping business leaders, in-house counsel, and individuals remove barriers to success by providing creative business-centric dispute resolution and transactional services, both within and outside state and federal tribunals nationwide.

Jordan counsels clients in high-stakes litigation, while managing risks and resolving disputes arising out of client operations. He represents clients in a variety of industries, including automotive, construction, financial services, franchise, health care, manufacturing, private equity, real estate, retail, technology, and transportation.

• Obtained the largest judgement in Michigan in 2014 in a fraud and civil RICO action on behalf of municipal client in the amount of $120,000,000 and successfully defended that judgment through bankruptcy proceedings.
• Served as a Special Assistant Attorney General in connection with the Flint Water Crisis class action litigation.
• Prosecuted a fraud and civil RICO action on behalf of a manufacturer, inclusive of a finding of entitlement to significant monetary and other relief as a result of defendants’ spoliation of evidence.
• Prosecuted a trademark action on behalf of a healthcare provider, resulting in immediate grant of a temporary restraining order, followed by capitulation by our opposition prior to hearing on request for preliminary injunction.
• Prosecuted a right of celebrity and trademark action on behalf of an All Star Detroit Red Wing, resulting in immediate grant of injunctive relief, followed by capitulation by our opposition.
• Defended a bet-the-company federal trade secrets action, resulting in dismissal of all claims with prejudice, and an award of attorneys’ fees and costs in favor of our client.
• Prosecuted several supply chain disputes on behalf of suppliers at varying levels, resulting in granting of a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, followed by recovery of every dollar of alleged damages, plus attorneys’ fees, and costs.
• Defended a bet-the-company shareholder dispute, resulting in dismissal of all claims with prejudice on opening motion, affirmation of decision by the intermediate appellate court, and rejection of a request for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
• Prosecuted a series of trade secret and non-compete matters on behalf of a client for whom Jordan serves as outside general counsel, resulting in recovery of injunctive relief and monetary damages.
• Defended hundreds of actions involving claims arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, and similar statutes, including obtaining stipulated dismissal of a putative bet-the-company class action on claims brought under the FDCPA on behalf of various credit reporting agencies, debt collectors, publishers, and attorneys.

• Jordan S. Bolton One of Five Named to Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber Board of Directors, Hometown Life, January 30, 2017.
• “Time Tested…Daunting Schedule Proves to Liking of Area Attorney,” Macomb County Legal News, April 29, 2016.
• Jordan S. Bolton Receives Legal Aid and Defender Association Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award, The Michigan Chronicle, 2014.
• “Pension Funds Get $119M in Fraud, Conversion Action,” Michigan Lawyers Weekly, September 5, 2014.
• “Judge Orders Man To Stop Selling Datsyuk Items,” CBS Detroit, February 7, 2013.