Background
Shafer, Robert Tinsley was born on September 11, 1929 in Cincinnati. Son of Robert Tinsley and Grace Elizabeth (Welsh) Shafer.
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Robert Tinsley Shafer
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Bachelor, College of Wooster, 1951; Juris Doctor, U. Cincinnati, 1956.
Career
Assistant trust officer, 1st National Bank, Fort Myers, Florida, 1956-1957; partner, Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., Fort Myers, 1957-1977; circuit judge, 20th Judicial Circuit State of Florida, Fort Myers, 1977-1992; chief circuit judge, 20th Judicial Circuit State of Florida, Fort Myers, 1985-1989; senior judge, 20th Judicial Circuit State of Florida, Fort Myers, since 1992. Member committee for retired and senior judges National Conference State Trial Judges.
Achievements
Membership
Elder Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1982-1985. Member judicial commission Florida Presbyterian Synod, 1960-1963. Chairman Lee County chapter Red Cross, Fort Myers, 1963.
2nd Lieutenant United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1951-1953, PTO, Korea. Member American Bar Association, Florida Conference Circuit Judges (Executive Committee 1986-1988), Florida Bar Association(Board of Governors Junior Bar section 1961-1964), Lee County Bar Association (president 1968), American Judges Association, American Judicature Society, National Conference Metropolitan Court Justices Calusa Inn of Court.
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Connections
Married Barbara Jean Hough, December 27, 1950. Children: Richard Hough, Janet Lee Shafer Davis, Charles Welsh.
