Warren Jones
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Warren E. Jones is one of five justices on the Idaho Supreme Court. He was appointed to be the 55th Justice of the state's highest court by Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter on June 26, 2007, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice Gerald Schroeder.[1],[2]
Jones was one of four finalists nominated to the governor by the Idaho Judicial Council to fill the vacancy created by Justice Schroeder's retirement. Also nominated were Deputy Attorney General Michael Gilmore, attorney general division chief Clive Strong and 4th District judge Joel Horton.
In May 2008, Jones ran unopposed for a full six-year term on the court.
Legal Education and Experience
Justice Jones attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, where he received his B.A. degree, magnum cum laude, in political science in 1965. He then attended the University of Chicago Law School where he received his J.D. degree in 1968. After his second year of law school, he received a Ford Foundation Fellowship for advanced study in criminal law and procedure at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.
Following graduation from the University of Chicago in 1968, he returned to Idaho to work as a law clerk in 1968-1970 for the Honorable Joseph J. McFadden, Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. Justice Jones joined the law firm of Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow, McKlveen & Jones in 1970 where he later became the firm’s senior litigator, specializing in litigation of all types, including negligence, products liability, professional malpractice and commercial litigation. For 37 years with the Eberle Berlin firm, Justice Jones tried over 122 jury cases to a verdict in 38 of the State’s 44 counties.
