Former Judge Kent Jordan, who served as a federal judge for more than two decades, including a tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2006 to January 2025, joined the law firm of Richards, Layton & Finger in February 2025.  In addition to his tenure on the Third Circuit, former Judge Jordan’s 40+ years of experience include serving as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware from 2002 to 2006.

Kent was in private practice in Delaware from 1985 to 1987 and again from 1992 to 1997. In between, he worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. From 1998 to 2002, he was general counsel and a vice president of the Corporation Service Company in Wilmington, Delaware. 

He is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, and he and his wife have been called as leaders of the LDS temple in Philadelphia.