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Jonathan Allen Kobes
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 50Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- June 11, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 22, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 11, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 50
- Confirmed
- December 11, 2018
- Commissioned
- December 12, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Not Qualified
Born 1974, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Roger L. Wollman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2000-2001
- Honors attorney, Central Intelligence Agency, 2002-2003
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Dakota, 2003-2005
- Private practice, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2005-2008
- Counsel, advisor, and senior counsel, POET, LLC, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2008-2012
- Senior regulatory counsel, DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, Iowa, 2012-2013
- Director of corporate compliance, Raven Industries, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2013-2014
- Office of U.S. Sen. M. Michael Rounds, South Dakota, 2014-2018; deputy director, transition, 2014-2015; political fund designee, 2014-2016; deputy chief of staff and counsel, 2015-2016, ethics certification officer, 2014-2018, general counsel, 2016-2018
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