Robert James Jonker

Robert James Jonker (born 1960) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

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. He became Chief Judge in 2015.

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Preceded by Paul Lewis Maloney	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan 2015–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Gordon Jay Quist	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan 2007–present	Incumbent

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	Hood Borman Roberts Lawson Cox Ludington Murphy Goldsmith Drain Berg Leitman Levy Michelson Parker 1 seat vacant

W. Michigan	Jonker Bell Maloney Neff

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

S. Ohio	Sargus Dlott Marbley Rose Watson Barrett Black 1 seat vacant

E. Tennessee	Varlan Greer Mattice Reeves McDonough

M. Tennessee	Sharp Trauger Crenshaw 1 seat vacant

W. Tennessee	Breen Anderson Fowlkes Lipman 1 seat vacant

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