Robert J. Baker was born in 1962, in the southern heat of Virginia. After graduating high school, he chose to serve our country by joining the United States Army. As a veteran, Robert used his discipline to fight his way through Western Michigan University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting in 1994. Thomas M. Cooley Law School awarded him a Juris Doctorate in 1997.

Originally entering the business world successfully, by turning around the business operations of Frontier Technologies, Inc., Robert decided that opening his own law firm was his destiny.

Driven by a desire to succeed on his own merit, Robert forged ahead and built R.J. Baker & Associates, PLLC into a respectably leading law practice, with a positive winning streak.

Robert is a member of the following organizations:
Michigan Bar Association
Agricultural Law
Appellate Practice
Arts, Communications, Entertainment & Sports
Business Law
Consumer Law
Criminal Law
Family Law
Insurance and Indemnity Law
Litigation
Real Property Law
Workers' Compensation Law
Federal Bar Association for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
Debtors’ Bar of West Michigan
Beta Alpha Psi

Robert J Baker is also admitted to practice in the United States Tax Court and in the US District Court for Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan.