Robert E. Jones (judge)

Infobox Judge
name = Robert Edward Jones


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office = Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
termstart = 1990
termend =
nominator = George H.W. Bush
appointer =
predecessor = James M. Burns
successor = Michael W. Mosman
office2 = 84th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart2 = 1983
termend2 = 1990
nominator2 =
appointer2 = Victor G. Atiyeh
predecessor2 = Jacob Tanzer
successor2 = Susan P. Graber
birthdate = 1927
birthplace = flagicon|Oregon Portland, Oregon
deathdate =
deathplace =
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Robert Edward Jones (born 1927) is an American politician and judge in Oregon. He is currently a senior judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the Portland. A Portland native, he previously served as the 84th Associate Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court and as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.

Early life

Jones was born in 1927 in Portland, Oregon.cite web| url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1203| title=Federal Judicial Profile: Robert E. Jones | work=Website of the Federal Judicial Center| accessdate=June 11| accessyear=2007] After high school Jones joined the United States Naval Reserve and attended the University of Hawaii where he earned a bachelors of arts in 1949. He then enrolled at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College in Portland where he graduated in 1953 with a LL.B.. While in the Naval Reserve he served in the Judge Advocate General Corps from 1949 to 1987.

Legal career

After law school Robert Jones entered private legal practice in Portland where he remained until 1963. In 1963 he entered politics when he served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican representing Portland. [ [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/legislative/histleg/statehood/1963reg.htm Oregon Legislature: 1963 Regular Session.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on January 25 2008.] However he resigned before the special session held later that year. [ [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/legislative/histleg/statehood/1963spec.htm Oregon Legislature: 1963 Special Session.] Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on January 25 2008.] Jones resigned in order to become a circuit judge in Multnomah County, Oregon, where he remained until 1982.

On December 16 1982, Robert E. Jones was appointed by Oregon Governor Victor G. Atiyeh to the Oregon Supreme Court. [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections24.htm Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Governors.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25 2008.] [http://www.bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections27.htm Oregon Blue Book: Supreme Court Justices of Oregon.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25 2008.] He replaced Jacob Tanzer who had resigned. Jones served on Oregon’s highest court until April 30 1990, when he resigned. Jones left that court in order to become a federal judge for U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon when he was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to replace James M. Burns. After nomination on February 20 1990, he was confirmed by the Senate on April 27 and then received is federal commission on April 30 1990. Jones then became a federal senior judge on May 1 2000 and is also a senior judge in Oregon. [ [http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/judicial/judicial29.htm Oregon Blue Book: Senior Judges.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25 2008.]

As a federal judge he upheld Oregon’s Assisted Suicide law against a federal challenge in April 2002. [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/04/17/oregon.assisted.suicide/ Federal judge upholds Oregon assisted-suicide law.] CNN.com. April 17, 2002. Retrieved on February 1 2008.] U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft had challenged the law based on federal laws concerning controlled substances. In 2003 [ [http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/April/03_crm_259.htm Oregon resident Maher Hawash charged in ‘Portland Six’ conspiracy.] U.S. Dept. of Justice. Retrieved on February 1 2008.] to 2004 he was the presiding judge of the case involving Mike Hawash of the Portland Seven in which Hawash received a seven year sentence for conspiring to fight in Afghanistan for the Taliban against United States forces. [Ben Jacklet and Janine Robben. [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=22979 Hawash regrets ‘worst decision’.] Portland Tribune, April 10 2004. Retrieved on February 1 2008.] Then in 2005 he ruled against the Bush administration in their efforts to reduce protection of gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act. [Mulford, Tanya. [http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlife_news/wolves_win_federal_judge_upholds_endangered_species_act_protections.html Wolves Win: Federal Judge Upholds Endangered Species Act Protections.] The Humane Society of the United States. Retrieved on February 1 2008.]

Judge Jones is a former president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, an adjunct member of the Lewis & Clark Law School faculty, part of the National Judicial College, and a faculty member of the American Academy of Judicial Education. [ [http://www.ruttergroup.com/fcteaut.htm Federal Civil Trials and Evidence.] The Rutter Group. Retrieved on February 1 2008.]

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External links

* [http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/1997/A/199700938.html OHSU Scientist Makes Recommendations To Improve Expert Testimony In The Courtroom]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3805/is_199906/ai_n8857533 Mass tort litigation and inquisitorial justice]
* [http://www.thetribonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=18381 Portland Tribune: Terror judge: Bring on the big questions]