Daniel Porter Jordan III (born November 20, 1964) is the
Chief United States district judge of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Fort Bragg
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,
North Carolina
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, Jordan received a
Bachelor of Business Administration
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degree from the
University of Mississippi
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...
in 1987 and a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of Virginia Law School
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in 1993. He was in private practice in
Jackson
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Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
,
Mississippi
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, from 1993 to 2006.
Federal judicial service
On April 24, 2006, Jordan was nominated by President
George W. Bush
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to a seat on the
vacated by
Tom Stewart Lee. Jordan was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on July 20, 2006, and received his commission on August 7, 2006. He became Chief Judge on November 4, 2017.
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1964 births
Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Mississippi lawyers
People from Fort Bragg, North Carolina
United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
21st-century American judges
University of Mississippi alumni
University of Virginia School of Law alumni