Jordan joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Chief Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the Southern District of Texas and Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Jordan earned his J.D. cum laude from NYU School of Law.

Before law school, Jordan earned his master’s degree in philosophy with honors from Durham University.  Jordan earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor University, where he majored in economics, philosophy, and political science and was captain of the varsity tennis team.  Jordan was previously the number one ranked tennis player in the United States.