Jordan Eth

Practice Areas

Securities Litigation; Investigations + White Collar Defense

Career

Co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Defense Group, Jordan is one of the leading securities litigators in the United States, known for his success in handling complex, high-stakes cases. He has more than 30 years of experience representing public companies and their officers and directors in:

• Securities class actions

• SEC investigations

• Derivative suits

• Mergers and acquisitions litigation

• Internal investigations

Jordan understands the big-picture challenges facing companies and individuals in securities litigation, as well as the intricacies of the legal issues. As co-leader of the successful defense of JDS Uniphase Corp. and its former executives in a securities class action jury trial seeking $20 billion in damages—the largest in history—Jordan is one of the few lawyers who has taken a securities class action to trial and won a complete jury defense verdict.

Jordan’s clients cover a broad range of industries, including financial services, computer software and hardware, life sciences, manufacturing, and consumer products.

Personal

Stanford Law School, J.D.