Johnson County District Court Judge Robert G. Jones

Johnson County District Courts

Judge Jones Name: Robert G. Jones

Date of Birth: August 23, 1933

Place of Birth: St. Joseph, Missouri

When elected: November 1976 (last election held in Johnson County under former partisan election system)

City of Residence: Overland Park

Family: Wife (married 41 years); and three adult children

Education:

B.S., University of Missouri
J.D., University of Missouri – Kansas City
National Judicial College, Diploma of Completion, four-week general course, Reno, Nevada
Certificate of Completion, specialty courses on alcohol and drugs, victims' rights, advanced evidence.

Career History:

1959 - 1963 - Associate; Howell, Rayburn & Saunders Law Firm, Kansas City, Missouri
1963-1965 - Staff attorney, Interstate Bakeries Corporation
1966-1977 - Private law practice in Overland Park, Kansas
1970-1977 - Part-time municipal court judge in Overland Park, Kansas
1977-1999 - Judge of the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas.

Civic Activities:

Cosmopolitan International - received award for distinguished service; served as National Judge Advocate.
Served as judge for national competition in mock trials by law students held in Topeka, Kansas, and Johnson County, Kansas.
Served as judge for debate teams at high schools.
Guest lecturer year after year to local schools, including Shawnee Mission Northwest, Shawnee Mission South, Shawnee Mission West, Shawnee Mission East, Nallwood Junior High, Westridge Middle School, DeSoto High School, Baldwin, Kansas High School, Indian Creek Junior High, Indian Hills Middle School.
Guest speaker for naturalization ceremonies for immigrants.
Taught legal foundations of business and government regulation of business at Penn Valley College; "Silver Summer Steering Committee" for Overland Park, Kansas.
Johnson County Bar Association program to assist needy families.
Kansas Citizens Advisory Committee on Alcohol Abuse.
Leader with Cub Scouts and Webeloes.
Chairman of the nominating committee for district officers of the Iron Quill District of the Heart of America Boy Scouts of America.
Panel speaker for the League of Women Voters regarding Community Corrections.
Chairman, Free Trial, Free Press Committee.

Professional Activities:

Faculty member, National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada.
Past President, Kansas District Judges Association.
Past President, Kansas Municipal Judges Association (2 terms).
Executive Committee, American Bar Association, National Conference of State Trial Judges (2 terms).
Executive Committee, American Bar Association, Conference of Special Court Judges (2 terms).
Served and continues to serve from time to time as a district judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals panels (This is a program established by the Supreme Court in an attempt to give some relief to the Court of Appeals' extremely heavy docket in allowing more appellate cases to be heard in a timely fashion.)
Faculty, Kansas College for Advocacy, Tactics and Techniques Institute (3 years).
Served by appointment of the Kansas Supreme Court to numerous committees including time standards for delay reduction; sentencing guidelines; probation and parole standards; planning committee for judicial conferences in Kansas.
Served on A.B.A special commission for victims' rights, consisting of only two judges from each state.
Lectured at University of Kansas extension course regarding court unification and criminal procedure.
Presented UMKC School of Law lecture – CLE.
Lectured on numerous occasions to the Kansas Municipal Judges Association, the Kansas District Magistrates Association and various civic and community groups.

Awards:

Received first place awards from the American Bar Association for the Municipal Court of Overland Park, Kansas, as among the best court operations in the nation of cities of the same size.
Who's Who Among Students in America, American Universities and Colleges.
Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Society.
Commendation for distinguished service by the City Council of Overland Park, Kansas, as municipal judge.
Certificate of Appreciation for services rendered to the Kansas Bar Association.