Background
Bakes, Robert Eldon was born on January 11, 1932 in Boise, Idaho, United States. Son of Warren H. and Oral Bakes.
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Robert Eldon Bakes
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Boise Junior College (Associate of Arts, 1952). University of Idaho (Bachelor of Arts, 1954. Juris Doctor, 1956).
Career
Worked at Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Chartered (Boise, Idaho) specializing in Mediation/Arbitration, Trial and Appellate Practice and Procedure, Natural Resources Law, Water, Water Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1956, Idaho. 1961, United States. District Court, District of Idaho.
1963, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Appellate Procedure - An Evolutionary Backwater," Idaho Law Review, Volume 10, Number.
2 (Spring 1974).
"The New Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure," The Advocate (January 1975). "Sovereign Immunity," Appellate Judges" Seminar, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 27, 1986. Three articles as Chairman of the Appellate Judges" Conference of the American Bar Association: The Judges" Journal, Volume 12, Number.
1 (Winter 1984).
Volume 23, Number. 2 (Spring 1984). Volume 23, Number. 3 (Summer 1984). "Summary of the United States Supreme Court"s Decisions, for the Idaho Judicial Conference," 1984-1988.
Instructor, University of Illinois Law School, 1956-1957.
Justice, Idaho Supreme Court, 1971-1993. Chief Justice, Idaho Supreme Court, 1981-1983, 1989-1993.
Founding Member, Advisory Committee which developed and promoted the Master of Laws Program for Appellate Judges, University of Virginia Law School. Chairman, Supreme Court Rules Committees-Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure, Idaho Appellate Rules, Idaho Criminal Rules and the Misdemeanor/Infraction Rules, 1972-1993.
Chairman, Idaho Supreme Court Bar Examination Review Committee, 1972-1973.
Chairman, Appellate Judges" Conference, American Bar Association, 1983-1984. Vice Chairman, Appellate Judges" Conference Education Committee. Director, Continuing Legal Education, Idaho State Bar, 1963-1968.
President, and Member, Board of Directors, Idaho Law Foundation.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators: American Arbitration Association. United States District Court.
Member: Idaho State Bar (Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section).
Achievements
Membership
Member American Arbitration Association (panel arbitrators), United States District Court (panel arbitrators), Idaho State Bar, Idaho Law Foundation (board directors), Phi Alpha Delta.
Connections
Married Lurleen M. Fisher. Children: Juliann, Colleen, Diane, Rachel.
