William H. "Bill" Jordan

William H. "Bill" Jordan

Atlanta, GA recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013
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266 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation Health Care Law Litigation - Health Care

Biography

William Jordan is co-chair of the Litigation & Trial Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on business litigation, government and internal corporate investigations, corporate ethics and compliance matters, and antitrust law. Bill is a member of the firm's Government Investigations & Special Matters Team and leads its Health Care Litigation Team. He frequently represents hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, insurers, health care providers, chemical manufacturers, telecommunications and technology providers, and financial services companies in offensive and defensive litigation, corporate compliance matters and government investigations. He also serves as outside ethics and compliance counsel to a number of companies, including multinational chemical and manufacturing companies and health care providers. Bill has represented companies in civil litigation throughout the country in complex matters involving unfair trade practices, antitrust law, health care regulation, civil RICO and the False Claims Act. He also has represented clients in government and congressional investigations involving health care fraud, the NSA’s terrorist surveillance program, computer crime and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

From 2001-2003, Bill served as a senior official in the Department of Justice—from 2001-2003, as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division; and in 2003, as Senior Counsel to the Associate Attorney General of the United States.

Alston & Bird LLP

266 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Emory University, J.D., graduated 1995
  • Rhodes College, BA, graduated 1992

  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
  • Emory University, J.D., graduated 1995
  • Rhodes College, BA, graduated 1992

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Health Care
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Litigation - Antitrust

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Case History

Cases
  • Experience
  • Represented nation’s largest publicly-traded hospital chain in civil and criminal investigations throughout the country involving health care fraud matters. Negotiated favorable settlement of many investigations and obtained judicial dismissal of one matter involving allegedly unauthorized medical procedures.
  • Represented New Orleans hospitals in criminal investigations and congressional hearings related to their response to Hurricane Katrina, including allegations that patients were euthanized in the immediate aftermath of the storm.
  • Represented clients in state Attorneys General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and federal investigations in over 20 states and in every federal circuit.
  • Obtained $10.3MM judgment for a private college in civil RICO claim alleging fraud in theft of assets involving timber and real estate interests.
  • Defended major telecommunications company in multiple class actions alleging that it had impermissibly revealed confidential customer information to government through the National Security Agency’s Terrorist Surveillance Program.
  • Represented individual in Senate Judiciary Committee hearing related to alleged firing of U.S. Attorneys and political hiring at Department of Justice.
  • Conducted numerous internal investigations related to alleged government fraud, FCPA issues and antitrust matters
  • Serve as outside global ethics and compliance counsel to world’s second largest chemical company.

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