
Court Role
U.S. Coast Guard ALJ.
Biography
Judge George J. Jordan serves as a Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge in Seattle, Washington. He assumed that position in 2010 and hears merchant mariner credential suspension and revocation cases, along with other Department of Homeland Security and federally assigned administrative matters. His primary area of responsibility is the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Before becoming a Coast Guard ALJ, Judge Jordan served as a Social Security Administration ALJ, held multiple Coast Guard legal and administrative roles, and helped manage the Coast Guard ALJ program, including work on the central docketing center and Coast Guard administrative hearing rules. Judge Jordan presided over the 2025 remand proceedings in U.S. Coast Guard vs. Mark Steven Stinziano; his remand Decision and Order found the remanded allegations proved but imposed a suspension structure that credited prior sanction time and allowed Stinziano to continue sailing as captain.
