Real Estate State University
Resume:
William Franklin Jordan
Jackson, MS 39211
***********@*****.***
OPPORTUNITIES DESIRED
Attorney (In-House, Partner, Associate or Contract Attorney); Teaching (Business Law, Real Estate Law and Real Estate Finance and Related Subjects)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Broad legal background with multiple years experience in corporate law, health law, transactional law and civil rights law. A history of successfully litigating and mediating legal matters with expertise in the use of appropriate risk management measures. Experienced litigator with experience in government and private sector. Demonstrated experience in managing outside counsel in litigation matters in hundreds of cases. Closed hundreds of loans and experienced in foreclosure litigation, contracts, loan closings and foreclosures. Demonstrated experience in managing outside counsel in litigation matters in hundreds of cases.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Litigation (Construction, EEOC, Eminent Domain, Employment, Mass Tort, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Worker’s Compensation)
Compliance (Anti-Trust, EEOC, OSHA)
General Bond Counsel (MS Home Corporation)
Real Estate (Construction Contracts, Foreclosures, Litigation, Loan Closings)
General Practice (Criminal Law, Estates, Family Law)
Mediator
Adjunct Professor, Jackson State University (Business Law, Real Estate Law and Real Estate Finance)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Mississippi State Bar (1971)
California State Bar (1979)
Georgia State Bar (Eligible for Reciprocity Admission)
EDUCATION
Christ Missionary & Industrial College, BBS, 1995
University of Mississippi, JD 1971
Memphis State University, BBA, Management/Marketing, 1969
Memphis State University, MBA Program, 1969
Millsaps College, 1965-66
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
1994-Present Attorney/Owner, William F. Jordan & Associates, PLLC
1010 N. West Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202
1998 - 2017 Municipal Court Judge, Town of Utica, MS
1991-1994 Shareholder, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, Jackson, MS
1974 - 1990 In-House Counsel/Chief of Worldwide EEOC Compliance/Litigation and Insured Litigation, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS, and its parent, Litton Industries, Inc.
1973-1974 Attorney, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),
Atlanta Litigation Center
1972 Civil Rights Litigation Attorney, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1971 Attorney, Central Mississippi Legal Services
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Past President, Mississippi Municipal Court Judges Association
Assistant Public Defender, Jackson Municipal Court and Town of Edwards Municipal Court;
Two-Term Member, Mississippi State Ethics Commission;
President, Christ Missionary and Industrial College (CM&I), Jackson, MS;
Prior Board Chairman, Jackson County (Mississippi) Civic Action Committee (Head Start Program)
City of Gautier, MS, Planning and Development Commission
MILITARY SERVICE
United State Navy, 1963-65 (Aviation Electronics Technician, Honorable Discharge)
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