Jordan Sekulow
{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jordan Sekulow
| image = JordanSekulow91809.jpg
| caption = Sekulow in 2009
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|14}}
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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| education = George Washington University (BA)
Regent University (JD)
Georgetown University (LLM)
| children = 2
| spouse ={{marriage|Anna Jean Handzlik|2011}}
| father = Jay Sekulow
| mother = Pamela McPherson
}}
Jordan Sekulow (born July 14, 1982) is an American lawyer, radio talk show host, former Washington Post blogger, political consultant, and author.{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1501125478|title = Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore|last1 = Sekulow|first1 = Jay|date = June 16, 2015| publisher=Simon and Schuster }}
A veteran of three presidential campaigns, Sekulow is the executive director at the American Center for Law & Justice, a conservative international public interest law firm and watchdog group founded by his father, Jay Sekulow.{{cite web|title=Jay Sekulow: Fighting for YOUR Freedoms|url=http://www.dfwchristianfamily.com/cover/Jay-Sekulow.php|publisher=Dallas Christian Family|access-date=February 10, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326140723/http://www.dfwchristianfamily.com/cover/Jay-Sekulow.php|archive-date=March 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
Education
Sekulow graduated from George Washington University, receiving a bachelor's degree in political science. While there, he was a founding member of the Theta Zeta chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He graduated with a J.D. from Regent University in 2009. Sekulow also co-founded the Regent Journal of Law and Public Policy in 2008. Sekulow earned an LL.M in International Human Rights Law from the Georgetown University Law Center.{{cite web|title=Jordan Sekulow Bio|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jordan-sekulow|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 28, 2011}}
Career
= Radio and television =
Sekulow was the host of The Jordan Sekulow Show, a daily talk show that has featured Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain.{{cite web|title=Jordan Sekulow Show Archives|url=http://www.jordansekulow.com/archives|work=The Jordan Sekulow Show|access-date=April 28, 2011|archive-date=November 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104011907/http://jordansekulow.com/archives/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Hagey|first=Keach|title=Jordan Sekulow Gets His Own Radio Show|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0411/jordan_sekulow_gets_his_own_radio_show.html|publisher=Politico|access-date=April 28, 2011}}
Along with his father, Jay Sekulow, Jordan co-hosts Jay Sekulow Live! a syndicated daily radio program that airs on nearly 1,000 AM and FM stations nationwide, as well as on XM and Sirius Satellite Radio networks.{{cite web|last=Hagey|first=Keach|title=Jordan Sekulow Gets His Own Radio Show|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0411/Jordan_Sekulow_get_his_own_radio_show.html|publisher=Politico|access-date=April 28, 2011}} He is the co-host of ACLJ This Week, a weekly television news program broadcast on Trinity Broadcasting Network and Daystar.{{cite web|title=Our Programs: ACLJ This Week|url=http://www.tbn.org/index.php/2/4/p/299.html|access-date=April 28, 2011|archive-date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525152224/http://www.tbn.org/index.php/2/4/p/299.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Shows: ACLJ This Week|url=http://www.daystar.com/shows/all-ministries/470-jay-sekulow-aclj-this-week|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817012940/http://www.daystar.com/shows/all-ministries/470-jay-sekulow-aclj-this-week|archive-date=August 17, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
= Blogging =
On December 15, 2010, The Washington Post blog introduced Jordan Sekulow's featured blog, Religious Right Now, exploring "what social conservatives want."{{cite news|last=Tenety|first=Elizabeth|series=On Faith blog|url=http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/religious-right-now/2010/12/introducing_religious_right_now.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218152244/http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/religious-right-now/2010/12/introducing_religious_right_now.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2010|title=Introducing Religious Right Now|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 28, 2011}}
= Political consultancy =
Sekulow served as the National Youth Coalition Director for the George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign. In the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Sekulow worked for Mitt Romney, serving as a Vice Chair of his National Faith And Values Steering Committee.{{cite web|last=Ambinder |first=Marc |title=Faith, Values and The Jews|date=June 14, 2007 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/06/faith-values-and-the-jews/49789/|publisher=The Atlantic}}{{cite news|title=Mitt Romney's Staff|url=http://otb.huffingtonpost.com/wiki/index.php/Mitt_Romney_Staff_Y2007Q2|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 28, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090301175226/http://otb.huffingtonpost.com/wiki/index.php/Mitt_Romney_Staff_Y2007Q2|archive-date=March 1, 2009|df=mdy-all}} In 2015, Sekulow joined the Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign as a senior advisor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-bush-hires-jordan-sekulow-2015-3|title=Jeb Bush just hired an adviser with extensive ties to the religious right|first=Leslie|last=Larson|website=Business Insider|access-date=January 23, 2020}}
Along with his father, Sekulow is a member of President Donald Trump's personal legal team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/jordan-sekulow-impeachment-legal-defense-president-trump-nancy-pelosi|title=Jordan Sekulow: President's legal team working on two theories to bolster defense against impeachment|last=Musto|first=Julia|date=2019-12-21|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-16}}
= Book author =
Sekulow authored the book, The Next Red Wave: How Conservatives Can Beat Leftist Aggression, RINO Betrayal & Deep State Subversion in 2019.{{Cite book|isbn=978-1546082507|title=The Next Red Wave: How Conservatives Can Beat Leftist Aggression, RINO Betrayal & Deep State Subversion|last1=Sekulow|first1=Jordan|date=September 24, 2019|publisher=Center Street }}
Personal life
Jordan married Anna Jean Handzlik on October 21, 2011. They currently live in Nashville, Tennessee, with their daughter and son.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/fashion/weddings/anna-handzlik-jordan-sekulow-weddings.html?_r=0|title=Anna Handzlik, Jordan Sekulow|date=October 23, 2011|access-date=June 16, 2013|work=The New York Times}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.jordansekulow.com Jordan Sekulow]
- [http://www.aclj.org/ American Center for Law and Justice]
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