Kent A. Jordan

Kent Amos Jordan (born October 24, 1957) 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 from 2002 to 2006. Early life Jordan was born in West Point, New York, on October 24, 1957. Jordan is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a mission in Japan. Education and clerkship 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 to 1985. Legal background