{{short description|American lawyer}}
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{{Infobox person | name = Jordan Sekulow | image = JordanSekulow91809.jpg | caption = Sekulow in 2009 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|14}} | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = George Washington University (BA)<br>Regent University (JD)<br>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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jordan Sekulow Bio|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jordan-sekulow|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Radio and television === left|thumb 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hagey|first=Keach|title=Jordan Sekulow Gets His Own Radio Show|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0411/Jordan_Sekulow_get_his_own_radio_show.html|publisher=Politico|access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> He is the co-host of ''ACLJ This Week'', a weekly television news program broadcast on Trinity Broadcasting Network and Daystar.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
=== Blogging === On December 15, 2010, ''The Washington Post'' blog introduced Jordan Sekulow's featured blog, ''Religious Right Now,'' exploring "what social conservatives want."<ref>{{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}}</ref>
=== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2015, Sekulow joined the Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign as a senior advisor.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Along with his father, Sekulow is a member of President Donald Trump's personal legal team.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
=== Book author === Sekulow authored the book, ''The Next Red Wave: How Conservatives Can Beat Leftist Aggression, RINO Betrayal & Deep State Subversion'' in 2019.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Jordan married Anna Jean Handzlik on October 21, 2011. They currently live in Nashville, Tennessee, with their daughter and son.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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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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