Jordan W. Ziolkowski
Associate
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Overview
Jordan’s practice is focused on directors and officers liability insurance coverage. As coverage counsel, she routinely represents primary and excess insurers in a wide variety of complex claims and disputes arising under directors and officers liability insurance, as well as other forms of professional liability insurance, including private equity, employment, cyber, and fiduciary liability policies. Jordan has also represented insurers in insurance coverage litigation in federal and state courts throughout the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, Jordan was an associate at a litigation boutique in Columbus where her practice focused on complex commercial litigation and e-Discovery.
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2015)
Chief Managing Editor, Ohio State Law Journal
University of South Carolina (B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications, magna cum laude, 2012)
Bar Admissions
Ohio (2015)
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Professional Highlights
Noteworthy Experience
Represented insurers in successful defense of several significant coverage cases, including:
- Digitalbridge Grp., Inc. v. XL Specialty Ins. Co., 2025 Cal. Super. LEXIS 28297 (July 30, 2025) – judgment entered for D&O insurers based on capacity and run-off issues following 8-day bench trial.
- Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. v. AIG Specialty Ins. Co., 2024 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 411 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 23, 2024), 2022 Cal. Super. LEXIS 41269 (Cal. Super. June 23, 2022) – summary judgment granted for E&O insurers and affirmed on appeal because claim did not arise from the insured’s performance of professional services.
- Surgery Partners, Inc. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co., 2023 Fla. App. LEXIS 2232 (2d Dist. Mar. 31, 2023) – summary judgment granted for D&O insurers and affirmed on appeal because the claim was not first made during the policy period.
Professional Recognition
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2023 & 2025
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Women Lawyers of Franklin County
Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Jordan’s practice is focused on directors and officers liability insurance coverage. As coverage counsel, she routinely represents primary and excess insurers in a wide variety of complex claims and disputes arising under directors and officers liability insurance, as well as other forms of professional liability insurance, including private equity, employment, cyber, and fiduciary liability policies. Jordan has also represented insurers in insurance coverage litigation in federal and state courts throughout the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, Jordan was an associate at a litigation boutique in Columbus where her practice focused on complex commercial litigation and e-Discovery.
Practice Areas
Education
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2015)
Chief Managing Editor, Ohio State Law Journal
University of South Carolina (B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications, magna cum laude, 2012)
Bar Admissions
Ohio (2015)
Court Admissions
United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Noteworthy Experience
Represented insurers in successful defense of several significant coverage cases, including:
- Digitalbridge Grp., Inc. v. XL Specialty Ins. Co., 2025 Cal. Super. LEXIS 28297 (July 30, 2025) – judgment entered for D&O insurers based on capacity and run-off issues following 8-day bench trial.
- Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. v. AIG Specialty Ins. Co., 2024 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 411 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 23, 2024), 2022 Cal. Super. LEXIS 41269 (Cal. Super. June 23, 2022) – summary judgment granted for E&O insurers and affirmed on appeal because claim did not arise from the insured’s performance of professional services.
- Surgery Partners, Inc. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co., 2023 Fla. App. LEXIS 2232 (2d Dist. Mar. 31, 2023) – summary judgment granted for D&O insurers and affirmed on appeal because the claim was not first made during the policy period.
Professional Recognition
Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2023 & 2025
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Women Lawyers of Franklin County
Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society