Jason Gordon

Jason is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Chicago office and one of the founding members of the Bass, Berry & Sims Chicago office. He represents Fortune 100 brands and technology disrupters, media companies, airlines, quick service restaurants, consumer packaged goods companies, and other advertisers in all aspects of the commercialization of products and services, advertising, marketing, AI, new media, branding, privacy, mobile marketing, behavioral advertising, right of publicity, and traditional trademark and copyright prosecution and counseling.

As a ranked attorney in WTR 1000 and Chambers USA in advertising & media, Jason has earned a national reputation counseling brands and leading consumer companies. His work involves:

- Advertising & Marketing Counseling

- Talent, Influencer Marketing & Social Media

- Sports Law

- Emerging Technology Counseling

- Media Buying & Selling

- IP & Brand Protection

- Advertising, IP, & Publicity Disputes

Jason served on Law360’s Media & Entertainment Editorial Board and is adjunct faculty at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He provides pro bono legal services through Lawyers for the Creative Arts, and he serves as a Trustee of the Children’s Research Fund, benefiting the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Jason joined Bass, Berry & Sims in 2026.

Children’s Research Fund — Trustee

Chicago Kent College of Law — Adjunct Professor

International Trademark Association — Annual Meeting Project Team Member (2025); Commercialization of Brands Committee (2022-2024); Unfair Competition Committee (2018-2021)

Food & Drug Law Institute — Food Advertising, Labeling, and Litigation Conference Planning Committee (2023-2026); Cosmetics Task Force (2024)

Association of National Advertisers

Lawyers for the Creative Arts

Jewish United Fund — Lawyers Division

JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law (2006)

BA, University of Iowa (2003)

Nationwide Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (2022-2026); Band 1 Illinois: Media & Entertainment: Transactional (2024-2026)

Chambers USA

The World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 (2024-2026)

The World Trademark Review