- Kent A. Jordan
Kent A. Jordan (born
October 24 ,1957 inWest Point, New York ) is afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit . He was previously a federal district judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Delaware .Federal service
Jordan was nominated to a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware by President
George W. Bush onJuly 25 ,2002 and confirmed by theU.S. Senate onNovember 14 ,2002 byvoice vote . Four years later, Bush nominated Jordan to the Third Circuit onJune 28 ,2006 to fill a vacancy left by JudgeJane Richards Roth . He was confirmed to that court by a vote of [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00276 91-0] onDecember 8 ,2006 during the waning hours of the finallame duck session of the109th Congress . Jordan is the sixth judge appointed to the Third Circuit by Bush and the final Article III judge confirmed by the Republican-controlled 109th Senate.Jordan's first precedential opinion for the Third Circuit was published on
May 2 ,2007 . He authored the opinion for a unanimous three judge panel in [http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/055461p.pdf "Eichorn v. AT&T II"] , anERISA claims case. Judge Roth, whom Jordan was confirmed to replace, was a member of the panel.Legal background
Previously, Jordan was Vice President and General Counsel for the
Corporation Service Company from 1998-2002 inWilmington, Delaware . He was in private practice in Delaware from 1985-1987 and again from 1992-1997. In between, from 1987 to 1992, he worked for theU.S. Justice Department as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware. He also taught at theWidener University School of Law from 1995-1996 as an adjunct professor. Jordan currently teaches as an adjunct professor for theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School ,Vanderbilt University Law School , andWidener University School of Law.Early life
Jordan's father
Amos Jordan was a professor at theUnited States Military Academy and also served as a Brigadier General as well as working for a time in the State Department.Jordan is a member of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He served a mission in Japan. ["LDS Church News", November 6th, 2004]Education and clerkship
Jordan completed his undergraduate studies at
Brigham Young University in 1981 (majoring in Economics), and received his law degree from theGeorgetown University Law Center in 1984. Jordan clerked for JudgeJames L. Latchum on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware from 1984-1985.###@@@KEY@@@###succession box| title=Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit| before=
Jane Richards Roth | after=incumbent | years=2006-present|References
External links
* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2974 Federal Judicial Center Profile]
*O'Sullivan, Sean, [http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060907/NEWS/609070370/1006/NEWS "Del. lawmakers support Jordan at hearing"] ,Delaware News-Journal , September 7, 2006.
* [http://www.law.widener.edu/faculty/adjuncts_de/jordan/bio.shtml Profile of Jordan prepared by Widener University School of Law]
* [http://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/kentj/ Penn Law Faculty Profile]
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