Background
Jones, Robert Edward was born on July 5, 1927 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Howard C. and Leita (Hendricks) Jones.
Jones, Robert Edward was born on July 5, 1927 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Howard C. and Leita (Hendricks) Jones.
Bachelor, U. Hawaii, 1949; Juris Doctor, Lewis and Clark College, 1953; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lewis and Clark College, 1995; Doctor of Laws (honorary), City U., Seattle, 1984; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lewis and Clark College, 1995.
Trial attorney, Portland, Oregon, 1953-1963. Judge Oregon Circuit Court, 1963-1983. Justice Oregon Supreme Court, Salem, 1983-1990.
Judge United States District Court Oregon, Portland, 1990—2000, senior judge, since 2000. Academic chair advocacy & ethics Lewis & Clark Law School, 2009. Member faculty National Judicial College, American Academy Judicial Education, American Bar Association Appellate Judges Seminars.
Former member Oregon Evidence Revision Commission, Oregon House of Representatives. Former chairman Oregon Commission Prison Terms and Parole Standards. Adjunct professor Northwestern School Law, Lewis and Clark College, since 1963, Willamette Law School, 1988-1990.
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Member board overseers Lewis and Clark College, member board visitors to Northwestern School Law. Served to captain Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Naval Reserve. Member American Judicature Society (board directors 1997-2001), State Bar Oregon (past chairman Continuing Legal Education), Oregon Circuit Judges Association (president 1967-1968), Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (president 1959, chair 9th circuit education committee 1996-1997).
Married Pearl F. Jensen, May 29, 1948. Children— Jeffrey Scott, Julie Lynn.