Jordan Reyes

J.D. Candidate, Class of 2026

Third-year J.D. candidate at Columbia Law School, Articles Editor on the Columbia Law Review, with summer experience at Cravath, Swaine and Moore and a federal judicial internship in the Southern District of New York. Returning to Cravath's Litigation department after graduation, with a record of substantive writing trusted in active appellate and M and A engagements.

Cravath
Returning post-grad
SDNY
Federal clerkship work
Articles
Columbia Law Review
2026
J.D. completion

Background

Jordan Reyes

Jordan's preparation for litigation practice spans the courtroom, chambers, and the firm. A Cravath summer in the Litigation department produced a Second Circuit brief section adopted by the supervising partner and a Delaware corporate-law memorandum used in $1.2B M and A diligence. The work earned a return offer that Jordan has accepted for fall 2026.

Earlier, a federal judicial internship in the Southern District of New York and a trial-division placement at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office built the procedural fluency that complex commercial litigation demands. Selection to the Columbia Law Review and election to the editorial board reflect the substantive writing standard Jordan brings to every assignment.

Experience

Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP
Summer Associate
May 2025 to August 2025
  • Drafted a Second Circuit appellate brief section on a contested standing issue in a securities class action, with the supervising partner adopting the analysis substantively in the filed brief
  • Researched and memoed novel questions of Delaware corporate law for an active M and A engagement, producing a fifteen-page memorandum used in board diligence on a $1.2B transaction
  • Received and accepted a post-graduate offer from the Litigation department
Hon. United States District Court Judge, Southern District of New York
Judicial Intern
June 2024 to August 2024
  • Prepared bench memoranda on twelve pending motions across civil and criminal dockets, including dispositive motions in a multidistrict securities matter and a Section 1983 civil rights case
  • Observed and reported on six trial days and three sentencing hearings, drafting summary memoranda relied on in chambers conferences
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Legal Intern, Trial Division
June 2023 to August 2023
  • Drafted suppression-hearing motion responses and witness preparation outlines for two felony assault prosecutions, both resulting in convictions at trial
  • Reviewed body-worn-camera evidence and grand-jury transcripts across an active caseload of fifteen pending matters in the Trial Division

Skills

Practice areas

Complex commercial litigation Securities Appellate writing Corporate governance

Tools

Westlaw Lexis Bloomberg Law PACER Relativity

Involvement

Columbia Law Review

Articles Editor

Selected through the Review's writing competition and elected by peers to the editorial board, responsible for substantive review and publication of three external articles in Volume 126

Pro Bono Scholars Program

Student Advocate

Represented two pro bono clients in housing-court matters under Bar-supervised practice rules, securing settlement outcomes that preserved tenancy in both cases

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