Jordan E. Pratt
Nominated Trump 2.0
Nominated to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
On May 28, 2025, President Trump nominated Jordan E. Pratt to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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Biography
Jordan Pratt earned both his B.A. (2009) and J.D. (2012) from the University of Florida, where he led the Federalist Society and Christian Legal Society chapters.
Legal Experience
Pratt clerked for Judge Harvey Schlesinger (M.D. Fla.) and Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod (5th Cir.) and interned for Judge Jeffrey Sutton (6th Cir.). He served as Deputy Solicitor General in Florida (2015–2019), then held counsel roles in the U.S. DOJ and SBA. From 2021–2023, he was Senior Counsel at First Liberty Institute. In 2023, he was appointed to the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal.
Pratt has also advanced conservative and religious liberty causes:
- At First Liberty Institute, he co-authored an amicus brief supporting a Florida law aimed at preventing social media censorship of conservative and religious viewpoints.
- He represented clients in prominent religious liberty cases, including challenges to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions on firearms in places of worship.
- He supported litigation against gender identity protections, including representing a physician assistant fired for refusing to use appropriate gender pronouns.
- In his writing, Pratt has argued for expanding Second Amendment protections to public universities and certain government properties and defended legal opposition to gender identity accommodations in academic settings.
- During his time at First Liberty, the firm was involved in key Supreme Court cases: Carson v. Makin, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, and Groff v. DeJoy—all of which expanded religious liberty protections.
- He is a member of the Federalist Society and has published legal commentary on First and Second Amendment issues.