Background
Yock, Robert John was born on January 11, 1938 in St. James, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Julius and Erma Idella (Fritz) Yock.
Yock, Robert John was born on January 11, 1938 in St. James, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Julius and Erma Idella (Fritz) Yock.
Bachelor, St. Olaf College, 1959. Juris Doctor, University Michigan, 1962. Postgraduate student, University Strasbourg, France, 1961.
Postgraduate student, Old Dominion College, 1965. Postgraduate student, University Minnesota, 1967.
He received a Juris Doctor in 1962 from the University of Michigan Law School. He then served in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1966, in the Judge Advocate General"s Corps. Yock entered private practice in 1966, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
In 1969 he joined the General Services Administration as Chief Counsel of the National Archives and Record Service, becoming Executive Assistant and Legal Advisor to the Administrator in 1970 and Assistant General Counsel from 1972 to 1977.
In 1977, Yock became a trial judge for the United States Court of Claims. On October 1, 1982, became a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims by operation of law, following passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Acting of 1982.
On June 20, 1983, Yock was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a full fifteen year term on the court. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 4, 1983, and received his commission on August 5, 1983.
Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen was one of Yock"s law clerks from 1991 to 1992.
Yock transitioned to senior status on August 5, 1998, and is currently inactive.
Served with Judge Advocate General Corps United States Navy, 1962-1966. Member American Bar Association, Minnesota, Federal, District of Columbia Bar Associations.
Married Carla Marie Moen, June 13, 1964. Children: Signe Kara, Torunn Ingrid.