Background
Baker, Robert Flowers was born on December 15, 1935 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Lenox D. and Virginia (Flowers) Baker.
lawyer mediator and arbitrator
Baker, Robert Flowers was born on December 15, 1935 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Lenox D. and Virginia (Flowers) Baker.
Public schools, Durham. Episcopal High School. Davidson College (Bachelor of Arts, 1958).
Duke University (Juris Doctor, 1961).
Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Governors, North Carolina Bar Association, 1971-1972, 1974-1977.
Worked at Spears, Barnes, Baker, Wainio, & Whaley, Limited liability partnership (Durham, North Carolina) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trial, Insurance Defense, Corporate, Tax, Bankruptcy, Domestic Relations, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1961, North Carolina and United States.
District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina.
Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Governors, North Carolina Bar Association, 1971-1972, 1974-1977. Chairman: Young Lawyers Section, 1971-1972.
Committee on Practical Training, 1972-1978. Membership Committee, 1977-1978.
Membership Survey Committee, 1978-1979.
Trial Advocacy Study Committee, 1980-1981, North Carolina Bar Association. President-Elect, 1981-1982 and President, 1982-1983, North Carolina Bar Association. Vice President, 1978-1979 and President, 1979-1980, Fourteenth Judicial District.
Chairman, North Carolina Judicial Campaigns Committee, 1990.
Member, North Carolina State Bar Grievance Committee, 1990-1993. Ethics Committee, 1994.
Chairman, 1996, 1997. Member, North Carolina State Bar Council, 1990.
Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Certified Mediator. Member: North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1984). Association of Insurance Attorneys.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Spears, Barnes, Baker, Wainio & Whaley dates back to 1926 when it was founded by the late Judge Marshall T. Spears. The firm offers a wide range of legal services, with each partner specializing in two to four areas of law. Its" partners and associates participate in continuing legal education seminars, professional association activities and civic affairs
The firm employs a number of well trained paralegals.
Captain United States Army, 1961-1963. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (president 1982-1983), North Carolina State Bar (county 1990-1998), Hope Valley Country Club, Kiwanis (president Durham 1975-1976).
Married Billie Faye Edwards, June 12, 1958 (deceased May 1989). Children: William Lenox, Dial Baker Love, Robert Flowers, Junior. Married Barbara D. Ferguson, March 10, 1990.