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INTRODUCING OUTSIDE CHIEF LEGAL

A Modern Business Law Firm Based in Mobile, Alabama

Based in Mobile, Alabama, Outside Chief Legal is redefining what it means to work with an attorney. We deliver preventive, solution-driven legal guidance for businesses across the Gulf Coast and beyond, built into business strategy rather than bolted onto it.

No. 46 on the 2026 Inc. Regionals: Southeast2026 Best Law Firms (Metro Tier 2, Construction Law & Corporate Law)2026 Best of Alabama (Full-Service Law Firm)
Jordan W Gerheim, founder and CEO of Outside Chief Legal
Jordan W GerheimFounder & CEO · Litigator · Outside Chief Legal Officer
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Why We Built This Firm

Jordan Gerheim spent years as a civil litigator, much of it defending businesses for their insurance carriers. The carriers wanted the claim closed for the least money. He kept wanting to ask a different question: how did this company end up here, and what would have kept it from happening?

The answer was almost always the same. The decision that caused the lawsuit had been made months earlier, in a room with no lawyer in it, because calling one meant starting a meter.

So he built a firm designed to be in that room. Not a lawyer you call when something breaks, but a legal partner who knows your business well enough to see the problem forming. He deliberately did not name it after himself, because the model had to work beyond one person.

Strategic, Comprehensive, and Customized

We tailor outside legal counsel and litigation services to your company’s needs and goals, on a single project or as an ongoing partner. Most of it runs through two rooms: the Boardroom for everything before a dispute, and the Courtroom for everything after.

Risk Management

Proactive guidance to find, manage, and reduce legal risk before it becomes a claim.

Integrated Strategy

Legal advice that starts from the business decision underneath the legal question.

Operational Efficiency

Helping the organization run smoothly, so legal is not the thing that slows a decision down.

Innovative Solutions

Practical paths to yes, including in the grey areas where no clean answer exists.

Legal Optimization

Templates, processes, and documentation that make the next matter cheaper than the last.

Financial Performance

Treating legal as an asset that protects and grows money, not only an expense that consumes it.

We Support a Diverse Range of Clients

From entrepreneurial start-ups to complex international corporations.

ManufacturingInsuranceConstructionHealthcareProfessional ServicesHospitalityReal EstateFamily-Owned Businesses

Our attorneys are licensed in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, with most work concentrated across Mobile County, Baldwin County, and the Gulf Coast, and clients from Pensacola to Miami and on both sides of international transactions.

Our Core Values

Accountability

We own our actions and promises.

Result-Oriented

Focus on positive outcomes.

Trust

Honesty, transparency, ethics.

Synergy

Harnessing diverse expertise for optimal outcomes.

Commitment

Unwavering dedication.

Where to Find Us

Mobile

56 S. Conception Street, Mobile, AL 36602  ·  251-217-9733

Fairhope

300 Fairhope Ave, Suite G, Fairhope, AL 36532  ·  251-217-9733

Explore the Communities We Serve

Learn how OCL supports businesses across its primary Gulf Coast markets.

Get Started with a Risk-Free Strategy Session

Take the first step toward a stronger, more confident future. Book a Risk-Free Strategy Session and spend an hour with an attorney who wants to understand your business, not just your emergency. Send your documents ahead and we will have read them.

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