--- title: "Adalberto Jose Jordan | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adalberto-jose-jordan" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Adalberto Jose Jordan U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2012-present - Adjunct professor, University of Miami School of Law, 1990-present - In 2016, The New York Times listed Jordan as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia; he withdrew from consideration - U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Florida (1999–2012), appointed by President Bill Clinton - Judge, District Court, S.D. Florida, 1999-2012 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1994-1999 - Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida (1994–96) - Private practice at Steel, Hector & Davis in Miami (1989–94), rising to partner - 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 - Law clerk to Judge Thomas Alonzo Clark (11th Cir.) (1987–88) and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (1988–89) - Adalberto José Jordan is an American federal judge serving as a United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - His official bio notes he is also an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law and Florida International University College of Law ### Education - J.D. summa cum laude from University of Miami School of Law, 1987 - University of Miami — Politics (magna cum laude) — B.A. (1984) ### Additional information - Jordan has been on the Eleventh Circuit since February 17, 2012, appointed by President Barack Obama to replace Susan Harrell Black. - Deputy Chief (1996–98) and Chief of the Appellate Division (1998–99). - Private practice, Miami, FL, 1989-1994 - Graduated St. Brendan High School in 1980. - Born in Havana, Cuba, moved to Miami, Florida, in 1968. - Born December 7, 1961, in Havana, Cuba. - Date of birth: 1961-01-01 - Confirmed by the Senate 94–5. - Articles & Comments Editor, UM Law Review. - Walk-on member of UM’s baseball team. - Birth place: Havana, Cuba ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### appellate oral argument Scope: 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. Evidence excerpt: 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 unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390991) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390991) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390991) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1677/adalberto-jose-jordan/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1677/adalberto-jose-jordan/) - [Wikidata: Adalberto Jordan](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4678542) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adalberto-jose-jordan", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/adalberto-jose-jordan", "name": "Adalberto Jose Jordan | KnowJudges", "description": "Adalberto Jose Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 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