Kent Jordan
| Kent Jordan | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Station: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 12/13/2006 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Jane Roth |
| Past post: | District of Delaware |
| Past term: | 2002 - 2006 |
| Past position: | Seat #3 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1957 |
| Home State: | West Point, NY |
| Bachelors: | Brigham Young U. '81 |
| Law School: | Georgetown Law '84 |
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Jordan is a member of the National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society. [1]
Early life and education
Born in West Point, New York, Jordan graduated from Brigham Young University with his Bachelor's degree in 1981 and later received a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown Law Center in 1984.[2]
Professional career
Jordan was a law clerk for the Honorable James Latchum in the District of Delaware from 1984 to 1985 before entering private practice in the State of Delaware until 1987 and again from 1992 to 1997. Jordan was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office until 1992. Jordan was Vice President and General Counsel for Corporation Service Company based in Wilmington, Delaware from 1998 to 2002. Jordan was an Adjunct Professor for Widener University School of Law from 1995 to 1996 and has taught as an Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University Law School since 2003 and at University of Pennsylvania Law School since 2005.[2]
Judicial career
District of Delaware
Jordan was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware by President George W. Bush on July 25, 2002, to a seat vacated by Roderick McKelvie. Jordan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 14, 2002 on a majority voice vote and received commission on November 15, 2002. [3] Jordan was succeeded in this position by Leonard Stark.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Jordan was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President George W. Bush on June 28, 2006 to a seat vacated by Jane Roth. Jordan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 8, 2006 on an Senate vote and received commission on December 13, 2006. [4]
Awards and associations
Notable cases
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Delaware
External links
- White House Archives on Kent Jordan confirmation
- Abovethelaw.com article on Kent Jordan
- Judge Kent Jordan Federal Judicial Center Biography
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Roderick McKelvie |
District of Delaware 2002–2006 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Leonard Stark |
| Preceded by: Jane Roth |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 2006–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Greg Sleet • Sue Robinson • Leonard Stark • Richard G. Andrews | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Mary Thynge • Christopher J. Burke • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Joseph Farnan • Gunning Bedford • John Fisher • Willard Hall • Edward Green Bradford • Leonard Eugene Wales • Walter Stapleton • Jane Roth • Kent Jordan • Edward Green Bradford II • Hugh Martin Morris • John Percy Nields • James Latchum • Caleb Layton • Paul Leahy • Roderick McKelvie • Richard Rodney • Edwin Steel • Caleb Wright • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Joseph Farnan • Sue Robinson • Walter Stapleton • James Latchum • Paul Leahy • Caleb Wright • Joseph Longobardi • Murray Schwartz • | ||
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
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