John Alfred Jarvey

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 became Chief Judge on March 1, 2015.

• John Alfred Jarvey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.