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FEDERAL SERVICE Jordan was nominated to a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware by President , 2006 during the waning hours of the final Lame Duck Session of the 109th 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 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 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 U.S. Justice Department as an Assistant U.S. 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. EDUCATION AND CLERKSHIP Jordan completed his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University in 1981 (majoring in Economics), and received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. Jordan clerked for Judge James L. Latchum on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware from 1984-1985.
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