Robert Leon Jordan (June 28, 1934 – February 27, 2024) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Robert Leon Jordan
Tennessee Eastern District Court
Born 1934 in Woodlawn, TN
Died 2024 in Maryville, TN
FJC ID: 1210
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1988–2024
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Tennessee Chancery Court, First Judicial DistrictChancellor · 1980–1988
- Private practice, Johnson City, Tennessee1964–1966, 1971–1980
- Commercial National Bank, Pensacola, FloridaTrust officer/vice president · 1969–1971
- First National Bank, Milton, FloridaTrust officer · 1969–1971
- First People's Bank, Johnson, TennesseeTrust officer · 1966–1969
- Frontier Refining Company, Denver, ColoradoManager · 1962–1964
- Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee1960–1961
U.S. Army1954–1956
Appointments
1988–2024 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1960- University of TennesseeB.S. · 1958