Albert L. Jordan
Member
Contact Information
Phone: (205) 874-0305
Fax: (205) 874-3250
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bjordan@wallacejordan.com
P.O. Box 530910
Birmingham, AL 35253
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Alyssa Weaver
Phone: (205) 874-0342
aweaver@wallacejordan.com
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Paralegal:
April Anderson
Phone: (205) 874-0372
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Bert Jordan has been a lawyer in Birmingham and Alabama since 1980, principally in litigation and appeals. He has practiced law with Dale Wallace and Bill Ratliff as partners or members of the same firm for over 20 years.
Bert is listed as counsel in 80 appellate decisions of the state and federal courts over Alabama. These decisions include a year-long series of court cases which resolved a disputed election about who would serve as chief justice for the Supreme Court of Alabama. His cases of note also include other election controversies, numerous cases on the immunity and personal liability of public officials, and child custody litigation.
His recent work includes service as counsel to the governor of Alabama in a dispute over the appointment of trustees for Alabama A & M University in Huntsville. He also serves as an Alabama Special Deputy Attorney General. His appointments include litigation over the land transactions supplying incentives to auto maker Hyundai in connection with its decision to locate its first North American assembly plant in Montgomery.
Bert is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, all Alabama federal district courts, and all Alabama state courts. From 2002 to 2006, he served on the Alabama Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Rules of Conduct and Canons of Judicial Ethics. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, and the Federalist Society.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1956, Bert lived there until he attended Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He graduated from Hillsdale in 1977. He then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, receiving his J.D. degree in 1980.
Noteworthy civic activities include Bert’s four years as chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee, the largest county Republican organization in the state. From 2006 to 2010, he taught constitutional law as an adjunct professor at Birmingham School of Law.
Practice Areas
- Appellate Law
- Corporate Litigation
- Constitutional Law
- Election Law
- Real Estate Litigation
- State & Local Government
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, J.D., 1980
- Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI, B.A., History, summa cum laude, 1977
Professional Affiliations
- Alabama State Bar
- American Bar Association
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy
Community Activities
- Alabama Special Deputy Attorney General, 2005 to present
- All Saints Episcopal Church, Member, 1984 to present
- All Saints Episcopal Church, Vestry, 2009
- Birmingham School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2006 to 2010
- Alabama Supreme Court, Member of the Standing Committee on Rules of Conduct and Canons of Judicial Ethics, 2002-2006
- Hillsdale College Parents Association, Executive Board Member, 2003-2005
- Community Kitchens, Board Member, 2008 to present
- Alabama Republican Party, Jefferson County Chairman, 1995-1999
Cases of Note
- Wheeler v. George, 2009 WL 4506591 (Ala. Dec. 4, 2009)
- Riley v. Hughes, 2009 WL 281305 (Ala. Feb. 6, 2009)
- Bryan v. Hubbard, 6 So.3d 491 (Ala. 2008)
- Working v. Jefferson County Election Commission, 2 So.3d 827 (Ala. 2008)
- New Gourmet Concepts, Inc. v. Siedo Investments Co., Inc., 988 So.2d 961 (Ala. 2007)
- Dillard v. Chilton County Commissioners, 495 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2007)
- Greene v. Town of Cedar Bluff, 965 So.2d 773 (Ala. 2007)
- S. P. v. E. T., WL 3557412 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005)
- Townson v. Stonicher, 933 So. 2d 1062 (Ala. 2005)
- Dillard v. Baldwin County Commissioners, 225 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 2000); 376 F.3d 1260 (11th Cir. 2004)
- Ex parte Woodward, 859 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 2003)
- Taylor v. Siegelman, 230 F.Supp.2d 1284 (N.D. Ala. 2002)
- Ex parte C.V., 810 So.2d 700 (Ala. 2001)
- Ex parte Glover, 801 So.2d 11 (Ala. 2001)
- Woodward v. Roberson, 789 So.2d 853 (Ala. 2001)
- Ex parte State Firm Fire & Casualty Co., 764 So.2d 543 (Ala. 2000)
- Jefferson County Commission v. ECO Preservation Services, L.L.C., 788 So.2d 121 (Ala. 2000)
- Wilson v. Minor, 220 F.3d 1297 (11th Cir. 2000)
- Dobbs v. Shelby Co. Economics Dev. Auth., 749 So.2d 429 (Ala. 1999)
- Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So.2d 1113 (Ala. 1999)
- Summit Medical Associates v. Pryor, 180 F.3d 1329 (11th Cir. 1999)
- Ex parte Alfa Financial Corp., 762 So.2d 850 (Ala. 1999)
- White v. Alabama, 74 F.3d 1058 (11th Cir. 1996)
- Mitchell v. Probate Judge, Jefferson County, 689 So.2d 17 (Ala. 1995)
- Roe v. Alabama, 43 F.3d 574, 52 F.3d 300, 68 F.3d 404 (11th Cir. 1995)
- Collins v. Bennett, 684 So.2d 681 (Ala. 1995)
- Buckley v. Seymour, 679 So.2d 220 (Ala. 1995)
- Independent Fire Insurance Co. v. Lunsford, 621 So.2d 977 (Ala. 1993)