New York—Dentons announced today that Joshua D. Jordon has joined as a Partner in the Capital Markets Practice.  He joins from American Mortgage Consultants, Inc. (AMC), a highly-regarded Wall Street due diligence firm, where he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer.  Jordon, who will be instrumental in Dentons' regulatory compliance group, will focus on mortgage banking and consumer finance regulatory matters.

At AMC, he regularly advised on a host of complex mortgage banking compliance issues and was responsible for the oversight of all legal matters related to the company and its subsidiaries.  Jordon has extensive experience in identifying and testing for compliance and exposure to the numerous regulatory risks for market participants.

"As General Counsel for one of Wall Street's largest due diligence firms, Josh has gained a unique blend of insight and perspective that immediately will benefit our clients," said Dentons' US Managing Partner, Mike McNamara. "His deep familiarity with the federal and state laws governing the highly regulated mortgage industry will be a strong asset to our growing team."

Prior to joining AMC, Jordon was Associate General Counsel at a national, publicly-traded financial services company where he handled the compliance and transactional aspects of residential mortgage portfolios, real estate and consumer investment assets.

Jordon earned his JD from New York Law School, where he was an Editor of the Media Law and Policy Journal, and his BA, magna cum laude, from Binghamton University.

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