Judge Gordon was born April 10, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a veteran and a Howard Law school graduate. He began practicing law in 1962 and has served as a judge in both municipal court and the court of common pleas, from which he retired. Judge Gordon’s wife, Vivian Janice Gordon, died in December of 2012. They shared one daughter, Shari-lyn Lisa Gordo nand one granddaughter, Lauren Jackson.