Kent A. Jordan
| Kent Amos Jordan | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
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Assumed office December 13, 2006 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Jane Richards Roth |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
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In office November 15, 2002 – December 15, 2006 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Roderick R. McKelvie |
| Succeeded by | Leonard P. Stark |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Kent Amos Jordan October 24, 1957 West Point, New York |
| Education |
Brigham Young University B.A. Georgetown University Law Center J.D. |
Kent Amos Jordan (born October 24, 1957 in West Point, New York) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Jordan's father, Amos Jordan, was a professor at the United 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.
Jordan completed his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree (majoring in economics) and received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. Jordan clerked for Judge James L. Latchum on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware from 1984-1985.
Previously, Jordan was vice president and general counsel for the Corporation Service Company from 1998-2002 in Wilmington, 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 the United States Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. He also taught at the Widener University School of Law from 1995-1996 as an adjunct professor. Jordan currently teaches as an adjunct professor for the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Vanderbilt University Law School, and Widener University School of Law.
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