Jordan B. Everakes

Jordan Everakes is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Everakes joined the firm in 2017 and his practice focuses primarily on civil litigation matters involving insurance subrogation and recovery, torts, products liability, contracts, and wild land fire cases.
Mr. Everakes has extensive experience, at all phases of civil litigation, including trial experience wherein he received a defense jury trial verdict in a premises liability action. Mr. Everakes has experience litigating in both state and federal court on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants involving vehicle accidents, construction defect, real estate, landlord & tenant matters, and toxic torts.
Mr. Everakes graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He attended the Southwestern Law School, where he was a member of Journal of Law and Trade of the Americas. In law school, he received the CALI for academic excellence in patent law. Mr. Everakes was also a recipient of the American Board of Trial Advocacy (ABOTA) fellowship.
Education
- University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. 2004
- Southwestern Law School, J.D. 2007
Admissions
- California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court of the Eastern District of California
- United States District Court of the Central District of California
- United States District Court of the Southern District of California
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- National Association of Subrogation Professionals

Our Team in San Francisco
Jordan B. Everakes
Partner, San Francisco
Jordan Everakes joined the firm in 2017 and his practice focuses primarily on civil litigation matters involving insurance subrogation and recovery, torts, products liability, contracts, and wild land fire cases.
Kelli A. Herzog
Associate, San Francisco
Kelli Herzog is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Herzog’s primary focus is on product liability litigation, including breach of warranty matters, in state and federal courts.
David J. Kestenbaum
Partner, San Francisco
David Kestenbaum is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. His practice focuses on subrogation recovery, specifically in the areas of tort, products liability, contractual disputes, and wildfires.
Margaret L. Sell
Partner, San Francisco
Margaret Sell is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. She focuses her practice on subrogation, product liability, warranty, construction and commercial litigation.
Lilla Shkolnikov
Partner, San Francisco
Lilla Shkolnikov is a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Shkolnikov focuses her practice on subrogation recovery and insurance defense matters involving products liability, property damage and premises liability matters.
Julia R. Sullivan
Associate, San Francisco
Julia R. Sullivan is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses primarily in the areas of property subrogation, products liability, and premises liability.
Maura Walsh Ochoa
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Maura Walsh Ochoa’s practice focuses on subrogation recovery, specifically in the areas of tort, product liability and contractual disputes.
News & Insights
ABA Forum on Construction Law
Grotefeld Hoffmann is excited to be part of the ABA 2023 Construction Law Foundation’s San Francisco Regional Program presented by the ABA Forum on Construction Law. If you’re attending, be sure to check out the following sessions: Jordan Everakes, together with Kevin Marler of MC Consultants, will be speaking on masonry-related construction defect claims on […]
Envista Forensics Insights Article
Jordan Everakes co-authored an Insights Article titled “Fire Protection Systems Need Fire Protection Engineers” with Adam Farnham and Andrew Bennett for Envista Forensics Knowledge Center.
Jordan Everakes Appointed Partner
Grotefeld Hoffmann is pleased to announce the elevation of Jordan Everakes to partner. Mr. Everakes works in the firm’s San Francisco, California office.