Robert James Jonker

Robert James Jonker (born 1960) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Holland, Michigan, Jonker received a B.A. from Calvin College in 1982 and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1985. He was a law clerk, Hon. John F. Feikens, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1985 to 1987. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1987 to 2007.

On March 19, 2007, Jonker was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan vacated by Gordon J. Quist. Jonker was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 9, 2007, and received his commission on July 16, 2007.

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Current active district judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Kentucky	Caldwell Reeves Bunning Van Tatenhove Thapar 1 seat vacant

W. Kentucky	McKinley Stivers Hale 2 seats vacant

E. Michigan	Rosen Hood Borman Roberts Lawson Cox Ludington Murphy Goldsmith Drain Berg Leitman Levy Michelson Parker

W. Michigan	Maloney Bell Jonker Neff

N. Ohio	Oliver Nugent Gaughan Gwin Polster Adams Boyko Zouhary Lioi Pearson Helmick

S. Ohio	Sargus Dlott Marbley Rose Frost Watson Barrett Black

E. Tennessee	Varlan Greer Mattice Reeves 1 seat vacant

M. Tennessee	Sharp Campbell Trauger 1 seat vacant

W. Tennessee	Breen Mays Anderson Fowlkes Lipman