Judge Jordan is a Director at Richards Layton in the firm’s Litigation Department, practicing in the Intellectual Property Group, which handles significant IP litigation before Delaware’s district and state courts. He served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2006 to January 2025. Prior to that, he was a U.S. District Judge for the District of Delaware from 2002 to 2006. He is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware and, from 1991 to 1992, was Chief of the Civil Division in that office. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Jordan served as an officer and as a member of the boards of directors of privately held businesses, and was a partner in a Wilmington, Delaware law firm, with a practice focused on intellectual property, corporate, and commercial litigation. Judge Jordan is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University and is a member of the American Law Institute. He also serves as an officer and trustee of American Inns of Court Foundation. Judge Jordan served as a Judicial Advisor for The Sedona Conference Working Group 9 on Patent Damages and Remedies (WG9) and The Sedona Conference Working Group 10 on Patent Litigation Best Practices (WG10) Steering Committee.