Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Jordan is the Office Managing Attorney of the firm's Dallas, Texas office. He has long been considered a leader in the legal profession and is active throughout the Dallas community. He has been honored for his leadership roles within the legal community on many occasions. Those leadership roles include serving as President of the State Bar of Texas, President of the Dallas Bar Association, and as a member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association.

He is a 2005 Distinguished Alumnus of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and a former president of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society. Mr. Jordan is a Life Fellow of the American, Texas and Dallas Bar Foundations, and he is a Master of the Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court. He is board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Mr. Jordan's community involvement extends to political activism and civic service throughout Dallas and Texas. He actively serves on the boards of several local organizations including the Methodist Health System Foundation, Greater Dallas Planning Council, Southwestern Medical Foundation, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and the SMU Athletic Forum.

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, 1995 - 1998 (Board of Governors)
• American Bar Association, 1997 - 1998 (Executive Committee)
• American Bar Association, 1997 - 1998 (Chair Operations Committee)
• American Bar Association, 1996 - 1998 (House of Delegates)
• American Bar Association, 2002 - 2005 (Chair, Commission on IOLTA)
• American Bar Association, 2003 - 2005 (Chair, ABA Museum of Law Committee)
• American Bar Association (Litigation, Public Law, Business Law Sections)
• American Bar Association
• American Bar Association, 2003 - 2004 (Museum of Law, President)
• American Bar Association, 1999 - 2003 (Museum of Law, Vice President)
• American Bar Association (Presidential Commission on Access to Lawyers, Member)
• American Bar Association, 1999 - 2002 (Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems, Member)
• State Bar of Texas, Litigation and Antitrust Sections, 1989 - 1990 (President)
• State Bar of Texas, Litigation and Antitrust Sections, 1983 - 1986 (Director)
• Dallas Bar Association (President)
• Dallas Bar Association, 1975 - 1983 (Director)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
• Center for American and International Law (formerly the Southwestern Legal Foundation) (Trustee)
• Committee for a Qualified Judiciary, 1993 - 1997 (Chair)
• Fellows of the Dallas Bar Foundation, 1994 - 1996 (Chair)
• Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court (Master)
• Research Fellows, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1996 - 1997 (Chair)
• Texas Bar Historical Foundation (Board of Trustees)
• Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, 2002 - 2003 (President)
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 Advisory Committee (Chair)

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Alumni Award, Charles O. Galvin Award for Service, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2005
• Good Apple Award, Texas Appleseed Foundation, 2004
• Selected as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazines, 2003-2008 (listed in top 100 Texas Super Lawyers & top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Region Super Lawyers)
• Special Services Award, Dallas Volunteer Attorney program and Dallas Bar Association, 2003
• Harold Kleinman Award, Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, 2003
• ABA Award for defending constitutionality of IOLTA, 2003
• Stars of Justice Award, Texas Access to Justice Commission, 2003
• Justinian Award, Dallas Lawyers Auxiliary, 2000
• Presidential Citation, State Bar of Texas, 1991, 1999
• Outstanding Pro Bono Attorneys' Award, Dallas Bar Association, 1987, 1991, 1998, 1999
• Equal Justice Award, Legal Services of North Texas, 1998
• President's Award, State Bar of Texas 1998
• American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
• Dallas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
• Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

Pro Bono Activities

• Dallas Breakfast Group
• Dallas Summer Musicals, Executive Committee
• Friends of Fair Park
• Salesmanship Club of Dallas
• Southwestern Medical Foundation

Education

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
  LL.B.
• University of Texas
  B.A.

Address

Comerica Bank Tower
1717 Main Street
Suite 4000
Dallas, TX 75201

Phones

(214) 462-6410

Faxes

(214) 462-6401

Emails

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Websites

http://www.dykema.com