Jim Jones (judge)
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Jim Jones | |
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Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
Assumed office August 1, 2015 |
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Appointed by | election (peers) |
Preceded by | Roger Burdick |
Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 3, 2005 |
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Appointed by | election |
Preceded by | Wayne Kidwell |
29th Attorney General of Idaho | |
In office January 5, 1983 – January 7, 1991 |
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Appointed by | election |
Preceded by | David Leroy |
Succeeded by | Larry EchoHawk |
Personal details | |
Born | Twin Falls, Idaho |
May 13, 1942
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Kelly Jones |
Children | 1 son, 2 daughters |
Residence | Jerome, Boise |
Alma mater | University of Oregon (B.A. 1964) Northwestern University (J.D. 1967) |
Profession | Attorney, Rancher |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
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Years of service | 1967–69 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | Artillery |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Jim Jones (born May 13, 1942) is the Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court and a former Attorney General of Idaho.[1][2]
Born in Twin Falls, Idaho, Jones was raised on a farm near Eden. He attended Idaho State College in Pocatello for a year and transferred to the University of Oregon in Eugene, graduating in 1964 with a B.A. in political science. He attended Northwestern University near Chicago and received his J.D. from its School of Law in 1967. He served as an artillery officer in the U.S. Army in Vietnam in the late 1960s and received several decorations, including the Army Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star.
Jones served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Len Jordan in the early 1970s.[1][2] Afterwards he practiced law in Jerome and Boise.
Jones entered politics in 1978 as a candidate for Congress from the state's 2nd district. He was defeated in the Republican primary by incumbent George Hansen,[3] and lost again in the 1980 primary to Hansen.[4][5]
Jones was elected the state's attorney general as a Republican in 1982, and was re-elected unopposed in 1986.[6] He ran for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim McClure in 1990, but was defeated in the primary by Congressman Larry Craig,[7] and returned to his private law practice in 1991.
Jones was elected to the Idaho Supreme Court in May 2004, unopposed in a nonpartisan election to fill the open seat of retiring justice Wayne Kidwell.[1][2][8] He was re-elected in May 2010, also unopposed, and became chief justice in August 2015.[9]
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Preceded by | Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court August 2015–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by | Attorney General of Idaho January 5, 1983–January 7, 1991 |
Succeeded by Larry EchoHawk |
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- Idaho lawyers
- People from Twin Falls, Idaho
- University of Oregon alumni
- Northwestern University School of Law alumni
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- Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal
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