Jordan Y. Crosby

Jordan Y. Crosby is a partner at Ugrin Alexander Zadick, P.C. in Great Falls, Montana. Her practice includes employment and labor law, municipality and governmental defense, insurance bad faith, coverage and defense, complex litigation, and products liability. She represents clients in matters that can involve workplace issues, public entities, insurer obligations, and significant civil disputes. Her work combines litigation experience with an understanding of federal and state court procedure.

Jordan earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Montana School of Law in 2004. She received a B.A. from the University of Montana in 2001, graduating with high honors in Political Science and History. After law school, she clerked for United States Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby from 2004 through 2007. Her academic record and federal clerkship provided a strong foundation for legal research, written advocacy, courtroom procedure, and complex civil case analysis.

Jordan entered private practice in Great Falls after her federal clerkship and joined Ugrin Alexander Zadick in 2008. She became a shareholder in 2014. Her admissions include the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Montana state and federal courts. She has held leadership roles in bar and defense organizations and has participated in judicial committees, court rules work, and continuing legal education programs.

Jordan Y. Crosby has received an AV Preeminent rating, recognition from Mountain States Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, and the Cascade County Bar Association’s Judge Robert P. Goff Pro Bono Award. She has also served in leadership roles with the Federal Bar Association and community legal service organizations. Her practice reflects a combination of employment, insurance, governmental, and litigation experience supported by federal court insight and sustained professional service.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Ugrin Alexander Zadick, P.C.
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Member, Women’s Law and Federal Bar Sections, State Bar of Montana
• Former President, Cascade County Bar Association
• Former Director, Board, Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association
• President, Board, Federal Bar Association (Montana Chapter)
• Lawyer Representative for the District of Montana to the, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference
• Board Member, Cascade County Law Clinic
• Former Member, Attorney Admission Fund Committee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Member, Montana Uniform Court District Rules Commission
• Director and President, Board of Directors, Federal Defenders of Montana, Inc.
• Board of Directors and Chair, Programs Committee, Great Falls Public Schools Foundation
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, SHRM
• Member, Local Rules Committee, United States District of Montana
• Member, Merit Selection Panel, Merit Selection Panel for the Reappointment of United States Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston

Licensed State

• Montana

Education

• University of Montana School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Montana
  B.A., Political Science and History, high honors

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