Robert Clive Jones (born July 21, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He served as the Chief United States District Judge from 2011 to 2014.
Robert Clive Jones
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Born 1947 in Las Vegas, NV
FJC ID: 3041
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Nevada District Court · 2003–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice1976–1982
- U.S. Air National Guard1972–1977
Law clerk , Hon. J. Clifford Wallace · 1975
U.S. Army National Guard1971–1972
Appointments
2003–2016 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of LawJ.D. · 1975
- Brigham Young UniversityB.S. · 1971