David Jordan

The Law Offices of David R. Jordan, P.C.

David Jordan Personal Injury Lawyer

The Law Offices of David R. Jordan, P.C.

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 Academic Record 

Arizona State University
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, May 1991
Deans Award for Service to Law School, 1991
Arizona State University
Bachelors of Science in Business Management, Cum Laude, May 1988
ASU Man of the Year, 1988
Third in the Nation in Extemporaneous Speaking, National NIET Tournament
1988, College Forensics

Employment History

The Law Offices of David R. Jordan, P.C.
President
Formed July 2008
The Law Offices of David R. Jordan, P.C. is a law firm practicing in Gallup,
N.M. My practice focuses on representation of corporate clients, commercial
litigation, employment law and personal injury litigation. I am member of the
State Bar of Arizona, the State Bar of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation Bar
Association. A large majority of my work is on the Navajo Nation.
Jordan & Rosebrough, P.C.
President
2003-2008
Jordan & Rosebrough, P.C. was a law firm practicing in Gallup, New
Mexico. Our areas of practice included employment, corporate and
commercial representation, real property, trusts and estates, commercial
litigation, personal injury and medical malpractice. My practice focused on
representation of corporate clients, commercial litigation, employment law
and personal injury litigation. Representative clients included Gallup Lumber
and Gurley Motor Company.
Titus, Brueckner & Berry, P.C.
Vice President/Director/Shareholder
1989—2003
Titus, Brueckner & Berry, P.C. is a law firm practicing in Scottsdale,
Arizona. While I was with this firm, our areas of practice included
employment, corporate and commercial representation, securities, real
property, trusts and estates and commercial litigation. My practice focused on
corporate and commercial representation, securities, real property and
commercial litigation. We had a strong securities practice, representing
broker-dealers, public companies and defrauded investors. We also
represented a number of large homebuilders in the Phoenix area.
Representative clients included Hancock Communities, Beazer Homes and
Maracay Homes.
While at Titus, Brueckner & Berry, P.C., I also represented the Arizona
Department of Insurance in insurance receivership and liquidation matters. In
2002 and 2003, I successful represented the Insurance Department in a large
lawsuit filed by American Bonding Company, an insurance company in
rehabilitation against its former officers and its fidelity bond carrier.
On behalf of Westbrook Village Golf Club, the only golf course in Peoria,
Arizona, I successfully handled a two-week jury trial against the City of
Peoria. The jury verdict required the Court to enter an injunction prohibiting
the City of Peoria from allowing flooding over the golf course.

Professional Development

As an attorney, I am constantly required to attend education and to develop
my professional skills and standards. Recent highlights of this development
include:
2009 My term as Chair of the Training Committee expired. Continued lecturing as a
presenter for the Navajo Bar Review on employment law and the Navajo
Uniform Commercial Code.
2008 Resumed my duties as Chair of the Training Committee of the Navajo Nation
Bar Association. Organized the Bar Review Course and Traditional Teachings
Course. Continued as a presenter for both seminars, lecturing on Navajo
employment law at the Bar Review and on Navajo Fundamental Law at the
Traditional Teachings course.
2007 Presented my paper “Diné Bi Beenahaz’áanii: The Evolving Role of
Fundamental Law in Navajo Jurisprudence” at the Navajo Nation Bar
Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I also continue serve as a lecturer
on professional topics such as employment law and torts for various Navajo
Nation Bar seminars.
2006 Confirmed as the Vice President of the Navajo Nation Bar Association. In that
position, I am automatically the chair of the Admissions Committee, which
has the responsibility for preparing and administering the Bar Examination. I
taught the “Torts In Indian Country” seminar at the Navajo Nation Bar
Conference in June 2006. I also continued to teach the Navajo history course.
2005 Confirmed as the Treasurer of the Navajo Nation Bar Association and as cochairman of the Navajo Nation Bar Training Committee. In my position with
the training committee, I shared oversight with my co-chair on all training for
lawyers, advocates and candidates for admission in various areas of legal
specialization including, employment law, torts and civil procedure. I also
taught a course on Navajo history for the Navajo Culture and Traditions
course which is required by the Navajo Supreme Court for all new members
to the NNBA. I taught a seminar on arbitrations for the Bar Association in
December 2005.
2004 July 27, 2004. Lectured at a Continuing Legal Education seminar sponsored
by the Training Committee of the Navajo Nation Bar Association. The Seminar
was entitled: “Update on Navajo Law: 2004.” My lecture was entitled:
“Remedies on the Rez” and focused on how to enforce a judgment on the
Navajo Nation.
December 6, 2004. Lectured at a Continuing Legal Education seminar
sponsored by the Training Committee of the Navajo Nation Bar Association.
The Seminar was entitled: “End of the Year CLE.” My lecture was entitled:
“’Just Cause’ Terminations: When Can an Employee be Fired on the Navajo
Nation?” and focused on recent developments in Navajo employment law.
2003 Successfully completed the substantial training requirements for admission to
the Navajo Nation Bar Association. Training included unique Navajo laws and
traditions. I also passed the bar in New Mexico in 2003.
2002 Successfully completed training in handling all needs of an insurance company
in receivership.
2001 Lectured at a Continuing Legal Education Seminar sponsored by the State Bar
of Arizona. The seminar focused on handling complex securities litigation.

Achievements and Awards

In 2003, I was awarded an “A.V. Rating” by Martindale Hubbell. Martindale
Hubbell is a service that publishes addresses and ratings for all attorneys in
the United States. The A.V. Rating is the highest rating an attorney can
attain. It indicates the highest level of skills and professional ethics.

Professional Licenses and Associations

I am a member of the Navajo Nation Bar, the State Bar of Arizona and the
State Bar of New Mexico. I am licensed to practice in all courts on the Navajo
Nation, in the States of Arizona and New Mexico and in the Federal Ninth
Circuit. I am the chairman of the Navajo Nation Bar Admissions Committee,
and I am the Vice-President of the Navajo Nation Bar Association.

Additional Activities, Training and Experience

Appointed as one of the members of the Judicial Selection Committee that
resulted in Governor Bill Richardson’s appointment of Judge Robert Aragon to
the Bench of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in New Mexico
Gallup Kiwanis Club 2003-2005
Scottsdale Bar Association 1991-2003
Board of Directors for the Scottsdale Bar Association, 2002-2003
Maricopa County Bar Association 1991-2003
Presently studying the Navajo language with a goal of achieving fluency