Daniel P. Jordan III | |
Office: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi |
Term Start: | November 4, 2017 |
Term End: | November 4, 2024 |
Predecessor: | Louis Guirola Jr. |
Successor: | Halil Suleyman Ozerden |
Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi |
Term Start1: | August 7, 2006 |
Appointer1: | George W. Bush |
Predecessor1: | Tom Stewart Lee |
Birth Name: | Daniel Porter Jordan III |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1964 |
Birth Place: | Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. |
Parents: | Daniel P. Jordan (father) |
Education: | University of Virginia (JD) |
Daniel Porter Jordan III (born November 20, 1964) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Jordan was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Mississippi in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law School in 1993.[1] He was in private practice in Jackson, Mississippi, from 1993 to 2006.
On April 24, 2006, Jordan was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by Judge Tom Stewart Lee.[2] Jordan was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 20, 2006,[3] and received his commission on August 7, 2006. He became chief judge on November 4, 2017.