KENT A. JORDAN United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 844 N. King Street - Lock Box 10 Wilmington, Delaware (302)

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1 KENT A. JORDAN United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 844 N. King Street - Lock Box 10 Wilmington, Delaware (302) UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT (Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 2006 to present). UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE (Wilmington, Delaware November 2002 to December 2006). PRIOR EXPERIENCE CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (Wilmington, Delaware 1998 to 2002). - Vice President & General Counsel of a litigation management, information services, corporate compliance, and company formation business. THE CAPITAL TRUST COMPANY OF DELAWARE (Wilmington, Delaware 2000 to 2002). - Member of the Board of Directors and of the Trust Committee of a Delaware chartered trust company providing administrative trust services. ENTITY SERVICES GROUP, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware 2000 to 2002). - Member of the Board of Directors of a company providing independent director services and services related to Delaware holding companies. AFILIAS LIMITED (Dublin, Ireland 2000 to 2002). - Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee (2000 to 2001) of registry for the.info Top Level Domain on the Internet. MORRIS JAMES HITCHENS & WILLIAMS (Wilmington, Delaware to 1997). - Partner (1994 to 1997); Associate (1992 to 1993); Counsel in intellectual property, corporate, commercial, and criminal litigation. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY for the District of Delaware (Wilmington, Delaware to 1992). - Chief, Civil Division (1991 to 1992); Counsel for the United States in civil and criminal litigation at trial and appellate level. POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON (Wilmington, Delaware to 1987). - Associate.

2 LAW CLERK for the Honorable James L. Latchum, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware (Wilmington, Delaware to 1985). EDUCATION Juris Doctor, cum laude, from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Articles Editor of Georgetown Law Journal, Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with High Honors, from BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES Bar Admissions -- Supreme Court of Delaware (1984); United States District Court for the District of Delaware (1985); United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1988); United States Supreme Court (1994); United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1995); District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1996). Author, "Motions Practice And Summary Disposition Of Appeal," Chapter 9, Vol. I, Federal Appellate Procedure, Third Circuit (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing 1996); Co-Author, "Motions For Achieving Adjudication Without Trial," Chapter 16, Vol. III, Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial, Third Circuit (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing 1996); Co-Author, "Legal Mentoring," Chapter 8, The Delaware Bar in the Twentieth Century (Delaware State Bar Association 1994); Author, Student Note, "The Extent of Independent Presidential Authority to Conduct Foreign Intelligence Activities," 72 Geo. L.J (1984). Member of the United States Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction (by appointment of the Chief Justice of the United States; ). Member of the United States Judicial Conference Ad Hoc Committee on the American Inns of Court (by appointment of the Chief Justice of the United States; ). Member of the Third Circuit Judicial Conference Committee on Rules (by appointment of the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Member, 2007 to present; Chair, ). Member of the Third Circuit Model Civil Jury Instruction Committee (by appointment of the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; ). Member of the American Law Institute (2007 to present). Member of the American Inns of Court Foundation Board of Trustees (2011 to present); Secretary and Member of the Executive Committee (2014 to present). Member of the Richard S. Rodney Chapter of the American Inns of Court (1985 to present); President ( ); Member of the Executive Committee ( ; ); Counselor 2

3 ( ); Secretary-Treasurer ( ); Barrister ( ; ). Member, American Judicature Society National Advisory Council ( ). Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania School of Law (2005 to present). Adjunct Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University School of Law (2003 to present). Adjunct Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law ( ; ). Member of the Advisory Board of Georgetown University Law Center s CLE institute on electronic discovery ( ). Instructor on civil advocacy at the Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C. (1991). Lecturer, presenter, or panelist at programs sponsored by Harvard Law School, Stanford University, the University of Texas, the University of California (Berkeley), Georgetown University, George Washington University, Temple University (U.S. and Japan), the University of Delaware, the University of Washington, the University of Pennsylvania, Waseda University, Widener University, Thomas Jefferson Law School, Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, the University of Richmond, Case Western Reserve University, China University of Political Science and Law, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Intellectual Property Division of the Supreme People s Court of China, the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, the Federal Circuit Judicial Conference, the Third Circuit Judicial Conference, the Sedona Conference, the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the American Bar Association, ALI-ABA, the American College of Bankruptcy, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Inns of Court, the Practicing Law Institute, the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association, the Utah Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Defense Research Institute, the Federal Bar Association, and the Delaware State Bar Association. Member of the Board of Bar Examiners of the Delaware Supreme Court (by appointment of the Delaware Supreme Court; ); Member of the Administrative Committee of the Board ( ); Secretary of the Board (by appointment of the Delaware Supreme Court; 1997); Assistant Secretary of the Board (by appointment of the Delaware Supreme Court; ); Associate Member of the Board (by appointment of the Delaware Supreme Court ). Ombudsman for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (by appointment of the District Court; ). Member of the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (by appointment of the District Court; ). 3

4 Member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (by appointment of the District Court; ). Member of the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the District of Delaware (by appointment of the District Court; 1995); Alternate Member ( ). Member of the Criminal Justice Act Blue Ribbon Panel of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (by appointment of the District Court; ). Member of the Executive Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association ( ); Member of the Standing Committee on the Provision of Legal Services to Low Income People ( ); Council Member of the Intellectual Property Law Section ( ); Chairman of the New Lawyers Committee ( ). Member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association ( ); Second Vice President (2001); First Vice President (2002). Treasurer of the Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (1997). Member of the Board of Directors of Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. ( ). Member of the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Caring (non-profit, ecumenical organization serving the low-income and homeless population in and around Wilmington, Delaware (2007 to present). Member of the Board of Directors of Sacred Heart Village (non-profit organization providing affordable housing for senior citizens in Wilmington, Delaware; 2007 to present) Member of the Board of Directors ( ) and President (1992) of the Greater Hockessin Area Development Association. AWARDS Recipient, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association Achievement Award (2015). Recipient, Richard E. Kohler Civility and Ethics Award, Presented by the H. B. Cohen American Inn of Court (2014). Recipient, Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court Meritorious Achievement Award (2012). Recipient, University of Pennsylvania Law School Adjunct Teaching Award ( Academic Year). 4

5 Recipient, Distinguished Lecturer Award, Presented by the Corporate Counsel Technology Institute at Widener University (2007). Recipient, Caleb R. Layton III Service Award, Presented by the Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (1998). Recipient, New Lawyers Distinguished Service Award, Presented by the Delaware State Bar Association (1992). PERSONAL Married; six children; five grandchildren Dated: March