Jonathan Allen Kobes

Judicial Service

Education

• Dordt College, B.A., 1996
• Harvard Law School, J.D., 2000

Professional Career

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

External Links

• Federal Judicial Center Biography