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Adalberto Jose Jordan
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
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Biography and careerSource-attributed professional, judicial, and education record
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures1 sourced item · labeled by scope
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Biography
Professional career
- chief, Appellate Division, 1998-1999
- deputy chief, Appellate Division, 1996-1998
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1994-1999
- Adjunct professor, University of Miami School of Law, 1990-present
- Private practice, Miami, FL, 1989-1994
- Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989
- Law clerk, Hon. Thomas Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1987-1988
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, S.D. Florida, 1999-2012
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2012-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- University of Miami · B.A., 1984
- University of Miami School of Law
- University of Miami
- St. Brendan High School
Personal record
Born 1961 · Havana, Cuba
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Oral argument
Courtwide
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
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Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Courtwide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗