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INTRODUCING OUTSIDE CHIEF LEGAL

A Modern Business Law Firm for Gulf Coast Companies

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

FIRM RECOGNITION

Award-Winning Gulf Coast Business Attorneys

Outside Chief Legal is a Gulf Coast business law firm recognized by Inc. Regionals, Best Law Firms®, Best of Alabama, and the Nappie Awards for firm growth, legal work, and service.

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No. 46 on the 2026 Inc. Regionals Southeast List

Ranked No. 46 among the Southeast’s fastest-growing private companies after 220% growth over two years.

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Five 2026 Best Law Firms® Rankings

Five Mobile regional rankings spanning corporate, construction, commercial litigation, business organizations, and insurance litigation.

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2026 Best of Alabama Winner

Named Alabama’s 2026 Best of Alabama winner in the Full Service Law Firms category.

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2026 Nappie Awards Finalist

Outside Chief Legal was named a finalist in the Best Business/Real Estate Attorney or Firm category.

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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.

Our attorneys are licensed in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. From offices in Mobile and Fairhope, we advise companies across the Gulf Coast and support clients on matters that extend across the United States and 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.

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