Warren E. Jones (October 19, 1943 – September 3, 2018) was an American judge who served on the

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. Born in

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, Jones attended grade school in

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, and graduated from high school in 1961 as

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. He received a

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degree in political science,

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, from the

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in 1965, and his J.D. degree from the

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in 1968. Jones was a law clerk for Idaho Chief Justice Joseph J. McFadden from 1968 to 1970, then worked in private practice at the

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of Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow, McKlveen & Jones until 2007. Governor

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, a college classmate, appointed Jones as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court in the summer and he retained his seat in statewide elections in 2008 and 2014, unopposed in both. Jones served on the court for over ten years; citing personal and family health circumstances, he retired at age 74 on December 31, 2017. His term had three years remaining, After suffering a

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in 2014, he had another in 2018 and died

References

External links

Biography of Warren E. Jones from the Idaho Court system
1943 births 2018 deaths College of Idaho alumni Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court People from Montpelier, Idaho People from Butte County, Idaho University of Chicago Law School alumni 20th-century American judges {{Idaho-state-judge-stub