Jonathan’s areas of practice include creditors’ rights, construction law, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He has experience in premises liability and insurance defense. In 2007, he successfully defended a federal discrimination lawsuit, Robbins v. American Preferred Management Company, Inc., obtaining summary judgment on all claims.

 A native of California, Jonathan graduated from Calvin College with a B.A. in philosophy and in classical languages (Greek and Latin) in 1998.  He then taught Latin, Spanish and Logic in a local school for four years before starting law school.  He received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2005, where he participated in the Legal Aid clinic and trial advocacy program.  During his final year of law school he served as the research assistant for Professor M. Kathleen Kaveny, the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and Professor of Theology.

Professional and Community Organizations 

• Grand Rapids Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• Grand Rapids Chapter of the Calvin College Alumni Association, Member
• D.A. Blodgett - St. John's Home KidsFirst Rhoades McKee Committee Chair

Bar Admission

 Michigan 

Education

University of Notre Dame Law School, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2005
Calvin College, Bachelor of the Arts, 1998