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W. Hamilton Jordan

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Hamilton Jordan represents plaintiffs and defendants in all facets of commercial litigation, from initial investigation through dispositive motion practice, trial, and appeals. His practice focuses on breach of contract matters, business torts, and employment disputes. 

In a major arbitration about self-driving vehicle technology, Hamilton recently helped secure one of California’s top verdicts of 2019 on behalf of his client, who sought to hold two former senior employees accountable for unfair competition and for breaching contract and tort duties.  Following a two-week hearing, a JAMS arbitration panel awarded a nine-figure award, which Hamilton helped convert into a judgment in California Superior Court.

Apart from his civil litigation work for Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Hamilton maintains an active criminal-defense appellate practice, through which he serves as appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants in state and federal appellate courts.  A graduate of Berkeley Law, Hamilton clerked for then-Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.  During law school, Hamilton served as an editor of the California Law Review and assisted military veterans in administrative proceedings as a member of the Veterans Law Practicum.

Hamilton Jordan represents plaintiffs and defendants in all facets of commercial litigation, from initial investigation through dispositive motion practice, trial, and appeals. His practice focuses on breach of contract matters, business torts, and employment disputes. 

In a major arbitration about self-driving vehicle technology, Hamilton recently helped secure one of California’s top verdicts of 2019 on behalf of his client, who sought to hold two former senior employees accountable for unfair competition and for breaching contract and tort duties.  Following a two-week hearing, a JAMS arbitration panel awarded a nine-figure award, which Hamilton helped convert into a judgment in California Superior Court.

Apart from his civil litigation work for Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Hamilton maintains an active criminal-defense appellate practice, through which he serves as appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants in state and federal appellate courts.  A graduate of Berkeley Law, Hamilton clerked for then-Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.  During law school, Hamilton served as an editor of the California Law Review and assisted military veterans in administrative proceedings as a member of the Veterans Law Practicum.

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