Jordan is a physically imposing human being, which stands in stark contrast to his drink orders. The fruitier and more tropical, the better. It’s a real elephant vs. mouse situation. Seeing the look on the waiter’s face when a 6’3’’-mountain-of-a-man orders a “Pink Party Passion Punch, with sugar on the rim” is a real treat.
Jordan Johnson
Jordan graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2019, passed the bar exam that July, and joined KSB after clerking for the firm while he was a law student. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Criminal Justice from Mount Marty College (soon to be “Mount Marty University,” apparently wanting to distance itself from what’s written on Jordan’s diploma).
Jordan is originally from Avon, South Dakota, bringing even more of that sweet SD influence into KSB. [Editor’s Note: Aren’t they supposed to be building a wall to protect the rest of us from these South Dakotans?] He’s also the youngest KSB attorney, and according to Jordan, he never understood Y2K to be anything other than “a Playstation game.” What he lacks in knowledge of musical groups that existed prior to 1995, he makes up for when he steals Steve’s sports jacket and reenacts Chris Farley’s “fat guy in a little coat” routine. Fun fact: when clean shaven, he is a dead ringer for Peter Griffin. It’s uncanny.
Jordan has focused much of his work at KSB on the big and ever-changing federal laws and published cases that apply to schools, in particular under the IDEA, FERPA, Section 504, and the ADA. If you have questions about things like “law enforcement unit” records under FERPA or the IDEA requirements for eligibility, give him a call. He’s a skilled researcher and our go-to guy for presentation preparation. Jordan is licensed to practice law in Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Jordan is married to Kaylynn, and they have three children, Zemmry, Estrella, Khaleesi--names that are both really cool and prove definitively that he and Kaylynn are millennials. In his free time Jordan enjoys--above all else, drinks that come with umbrellas--golfing, nerding out on school law issues (srsly), and waiting very impatiently for the release of The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin (spoiler alert, the show just doesn’t do the end of the story justice).
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