Adalberto Jordan

Adalberto Jose Jordan (born in 1961) is a Federal District Court Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, his alma mater.

Early life and education

Jordan was born in Havana, Cuba, and came with his family to Miami, Florida when he was a young boy, in 1968.

Jordan graduated from St. Brendan High School in 1980. [ [http://www.belenjesuit.org/academics/socialstudies/closeup/closeup-1.htm Belen Jesuit Preparatory School - Close Up ] ] He received a B.A. in politics, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami, in 1984. [ [http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/031599-president-nominates-fisher-and-jordan-to-the-federal-bench.htm William J. Clinton Foundation "President Nominates Fisher and Jordan to the Federal Bench" ] ] He received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 1987, graduating second in his law school class. Jordan went on to clerk for Judge Thomas Alonzo Clark on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia from 1987 to 1988, and for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the United States Supreme Court from 1988 to 1989. [ [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2831 Judges of the United States Courts ] ]

Professional career

In 1989, Jordan returned to Miami, Florida, to work as an associate for Steel, Hector & Davis, a prestigious local law firm that was acquired by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in 2005. Despite being there a relatively short time, Jordan was named a partner at Steel, Hector & Davis by his fifth year. Shortly after making partner, Jordan made the transition to public-sector lawyering, and became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 1994. [ [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2831 Judges of the United States Courts ] ] In 1998, he was appointed Chief of the Appellate Division, and served in that position for about one year.

Federal judicial service

On March 15, 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated Jordan to the seat vacated by Judge Lenore Carrero Nesbitt. [ [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2831 Judges of the United States Courts ] ] Jordan was confirmed to the federal bench by the U.S. Senate on September 8, 1999, by a vote of 93-1, with then-Senator Robert C. Smith of New Hampshire as the lone dissenting vote. Jordan received his commission on September 9, 1999.

References

External links

* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2831 Federal Judicial Center profile]
* [http://www.floridabar.org/DIVPGM/PU/FCPCSurvey.nsf/WFCPCArea/6B8F0130BF986C6F8525714200534514 Florida Bar profile)