Jordan T. Newport

Jordan, a lifelong Knoxville resident, graduated top five in his class from Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law. While in law school, he earned Certificates of Academic Excellence for achieving the highest grade in his class in Legal Writing I, Legal Writing III, Legal Research II, Legal Research III, Business Organizations, and Trial Advocacy I. In addition, Jordan served as Vice President of LMU Law’s Student Bar Association for two years and had the privilege of clerking for several prestigious lawyers and law firms, serving a term as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Thomas R. Frierson, II, of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and serving as a research assistant and teaching assistant at LMU Law.

Prior to attending law school, Jordan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing with a collateral in Entrepreneurship and a minor in Consumer Sciences.

Jordan has worked on a variety of legal matters and has knowledge and experience with several areas of the law, including litigation and transactional experience. He has handled civil litigation matters as plaintiff’s counsel including personal injury matters, gender, age, religion, and race discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, amongst many other personal and business causes of action. As civil defense counsel, Jordan has defended actions involving the Tennessee Government Tort Liability Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, breaches of contract, as well as various other federal and state statutes and causes of action. As for his transactional practice, Jordan routinely represents lenders and borrowers in commercial lending transactions, as well as representing buyers and sellers in business transactions. He also routinely forms, advises, and prepares legal documents for businesses across East Tennessee. Jordan also provides estate planning services.

In his free time, Jordan enjoys spending time with his wife, their son, and their two dogs, as well as spending time with their friends and family. If there’s a University of Tennessee football, basketball, or baseball game being played, you can bet that Jordan is either in attendance or watching it on TV. Including his love for the Vols, Jordan is an avid sports fan, a self-proclaimed foodie, and a coffee enthusiast.