John Alfred Jarvey | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | |
In office March 1, 2015 –February 10, 2022 | |
Preceded by | James E. Gritzner |
Succeeded by | Stephanie M. Rose |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | |
In office March 14,2007 –March 18,2022 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Ronald Earl Longstaff |
Succeeded by | Stephen H. Locher |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | |
In office 1987–2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Minneapolis,Minnesota,U.S. | September 14,1956
Education | University of Akron (BS) Drake University (JD) |
John Alfred Jarvey (born September 14,1956) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Born in Minneapolis,Minnesota,Jarvey received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Akron in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School in 1981. He also attended Concordia College. [1]
After law school,Jarvey served as a law clerk to Judge Donald E. O'Brien of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa from 1981 to 1983. [1] He was a trial attorney of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1983 to 1987. [1] As a prosecutor,he specialized in fraud in the pharmaceutical industry. [1] He taught trial advocacy at the University of Iowa College of Law and mock trial at Cedar Rapids Washington High School. [1] He is married to Mary Jarvey,a piano teacher. [1]
Jarvey was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa from 1987 to 2007. As a magistrate judge,Jarvey conducted over 400 mediations. [1] On January 9,2007,Jarvey was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa vacated by Ronald Earl Longstaff. The American Bar Association rated him unanimously as "well-qualified". [1] Jarvey was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8,2007,and received his commission on March 14,2007. He served as Chief Judge from March 1,2015,to February 10,2022. [2] Cases he oversaw included the Kent Sorenson bribery scandal. [3] Jarvey retired from active service on March 18,2022. [2]
As Chief Judge,Jarvey was a principal force behind the building of a new federal courthouse in Des Moines. [4] He also regularly sat by designation on other district courts,especially the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. [3]