Jordan D. Chisolm

Member

Jordan focuses his practice on business and corporate matters. His practice spans mergers and acquisitions, emerging businesses and venture capital, entity formation, financings, joint ventures, and general corporate matters.

Prior to Cozen O'Connor, Jordan was an Equal Justice Works fellow at Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. in Miami, where he founded the Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project, Legal Services' pro bono small business practice. Through the project, he provided pro bono transactional legal services to more than 100 low-income entrepreneurs as outside general counsel and was a frequent speaker on panels and workshops, covering core legal issues for emerging business owners. Jordan also served as a corporate associate at an Albany, N.Y., area law firm.

He is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where he received the Dean John Sexton Prize for service to the NYU Law community. He is admitted to practice in New York and Florida and is a member of both the American and New York State Bar Associations.

While at NYU Law, Jordan led the student government as president of the NYU Student Bar Association (SBA). He also worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Alexander Williams, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division, served as an editor of the Annual Survey of American Law, and treasurer of the Black Allied Law Student Association (BALSA). He began his career a 2011 Urban Fellow in the New York City Mayor's Office of Operations. Jordan graduated in 2010 from George Washington University's School of Business with a BBA concentrating in finance and a minor in philosophy, cum laude.

Experience

News

Best Lawyers Honors More Than 200 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys in its Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition

August 15, 2024

Best Lawyers selected 242 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 24 of the firm’s U.S. offices for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

Cozen O’Connor Announces New Group Chairs, Office Managing Partners, Other Promotions

February 15, 2024

The firm announced several new practice group chairs, office managing partners, and leaders of firm committees and initiatives

Cozen O'Connor Promotes 29 Attorneys to Member

March 20, 2023

Cozen O'Connor is proud to announce the promotion of 29 attorneys to member.

Jordan Chisolm named a South Florida Business & Wealth Up & Comer

October 14, 2022

The award honors young professionals in south Florida whose innovation in their careers and their communities deserves special recognition.

Rafael Rivera Named 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow, Jordan Chisolm and Orla Thompson Named Pathfinders

March 09, 2021

Cozen O'Connor has chosen Rafael Rivera, an associate in the firm’s Global Insurance Department, to be a member of the 2021 class of fellows, participating in a landmark program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

Publications

The Ins and Outs of Convertible Debt [COpilot Blog]

July 09, 2020

Congratulation s! Your startup has developed a viable product that you are ready to test in the market. But you need some early money to fund this critical phase!

Events & Seminars

Past Events

2024 Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp

October 31, 2024 - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Your Corporate Governance Audit

February 09, 2023 - Sunrise, FL

Opportunity Zones: The New Tomorrow

June 04, 2019 - Miami, FL

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2015
  • George Washington University, B.B.A., cum laude, 2010

Awards & Honors

 Up & Comer Award, South Florida Business & Wealth, 2022

Hot List, Lawyers of Color, 2022

Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2025

  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court -- Northern District of New York

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Miami Program Participant

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2021-2022 Pathfinder