J. Lomax Jordan
| J. Lomax "Max" Jordan, Jr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senate (District 23) | |
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In office 1992–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Allen Ray Bares |
| Succeeded by | Michael John "Mike" Michot |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 17, 1952 Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia Riley Jordan |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Baptist |
J. Lomax Jordan, Jr., known as Max Jordan (born May 17, 1952), is a Lafayette attorney who was a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1992 to 2000. He was unseated for the District 23 seat (parts of Lafayette and Acadia parishes) in the 1999 nonpartisan blanket primary by then State Representative Michael J. Michot, also a Republican.
Jordan was born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County in southern Arkansas, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Lomax Jordan, Sr. He graduated from Lafayette High School in 1970 and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana) in 1974. He was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Thereafter, he procured his law degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge. He worked in various research positions for both the State Senate and the Louisiana Legislative Council in the latter 1970s, prior to the establishment of his law firm in 1979. Jordan was an assistant district attorney from 1981 to 1982. In his private practice, he specializes in Personal Injury and Accident cases and Criminal Defense Law.
Jordan unseated Democratic state Senator Allen Bares in the 1991 general election. Bares had been first elected to the Senate in 1979, when he was challenged by among others, the equally pro-life William Dudley "Dud" Lastrapes, Jr., later the conservative Republican mayor of Lafayette. Bares, who had also served in the state House from 1972 to 1980, won again in 1983 and 1987.
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