Robert Jordan (lawyer)

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Robert Jordan is a lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Jordan received his A.B. degree from Duke University in 1967, his M.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1971, and his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1974.

Jordan was a partner in the Dallas, Texas office of Baker Botts, the law firm of James Baker. In the early 1990s, he represented George W. Bush in the investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into possible insider trading in Bush's sale of stock in Harken Energy. Jordan was the president of the Dallas Bar Association in 1999.

In 2001, Bush, who had become President of the United States, appointed Jordan as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He held that post from October 2001 through October 2003. When Jordan resigned his ambassadorship, he returned to Baker Botts and is currently a partner in the firm's Dallas office.