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Jen Auer Jordan
Jen Jordan fights every day for the people she represents, many of whom are Georgians who don’t have power, money, or status.
Jen Jordan (pronounced Jer-Dun) is not only a trial lawyer and mother of two, but she also currently represents parts of Fulton and Cobb Counties in the Georgia State Senate. Although she and her family now live in Fulton County, Jen is originally from Eastman, Georgia, (population: 4,962). Growing up in rural Georgia made Jen who she is today.
In 2001, Jen graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia, School of Law where she was a member of the Georgia Law Review and of the law school’s award-winning National Moot Court Team. After graduating, Jen served as a federal law clerk to United States District Court Judge Anthony Alaimo. When her clerkship ended, she moved to Atlanta to begin her law practice at the firm of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, and soon after, she married Lawton Jordan, whose uncle, Hamilton, had served as President Jimmy Carter’s chief of staff.
For the last 20 years, she has been actively practicing law, and for the last decade, she has had her own law firm. Consistently recognized as one of the top attorneys in the state, Jen specializes in complex civil cases. Her work in the courtroom on behalf of Georgia consumers has resulted in multiple successful verdicts and reported appellate decisions, most notably USA Payday Cash Advance Center #1, Inc. v. Evans and Georgia Cash America, Inc. v. Strong, cases where she represented consumers in multiple class action lawsuits against predatory payday lenders.
Jen has spent her life representing hard working families by holding the powerful, accountable. She took on an insurance company after it refused to cover the breast cancer treatments of one of its insured policyholders. The insurance company claimed that the cancer was a pre-existing condition so it didn’t have to pay for the life-saving treatment. Jen took the case all the way to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals – and won.
On a pro bono basis, Jen has taken on cases of significant public importance. In 2015, Jen sued then Secretary of State Brian Kemp after she uncovered an unprecedented data breach where Kemp’s office unlawfully distributed the personal information of every voter in the state. That breach (known as the “Peach Breach”) affected over 6.5 million Georgians. Only after Jen filed suit did Kemp give the required legal notice to the victims of the breach and offer to provide credit repair insurance.
Jen’s legal career took a different turn when she decided to run for office. In 2017, Jen won a special election to replace a Republican in the Georgia State Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and ending the GOP’s super-majority in that legislative body. She was decisively re-elected in 2018 and 2020.
In the State Senate, Jen has gained a reputation as a skilled legislator and fierce advocate for the rights of all Georgians — working across party lines when possible. Her legal background has allowed her to expose and stop misguided legislation, through floor speeches, questioning of other legislators, and detailed legal analysis of the real-life effects of various bills.
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