Adalberto Jose Jordan at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- February 17, 2012–present
Adalberto Jose Jordan
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
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
- St. Brendan High School
Personal record
Born 1961 · Havana, Cuba
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
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
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390991CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1677/adalberto-jose-jordan/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure