Robert Jackson Staker (February 14, 1925 – November 30, 2008) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Robert Jackson Staker
West Virginia Southern District Court
Born 1925 in Kermit, WV
Died 2008 in South Point, OH
FJC ID: 2268
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
West Virginia Southern District Court · 1979–2005
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
Judge · 1969–1979- Private practice, Williamson, West Virginia1952–1968
- Mingo County, West VirginiaAssistant prosecutor · 1960
U.S. Navy radioman1943–1946
Appointments
1979–2005 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawLL.B. · 1952