Milestone Celebration and Awards Reception Celebrating 25, 40, 50, 60, 65 & 70 Years of Admission and The Advocate Honorees


Event Details


Join us at the 2021 Annual Meeting as we recognized this year’s recipients of the Idaho State Bar Admission Milestones,

The Advocate Awards and special awards by the Idaho Legal History Section!! 

Thursday, July 22nd

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

**Boise Centre East – 4th Floor

**Please note the new time and location for this event. It will be held indoors at Boise Centre East due to the excessive heat that is forecast.

Milestone Celebration Honorees

70 Years: Admitted in 1951

James Charles Blanton, Boise, ID

65 Years: Admitted in 1956

Bert L. Poole, Boise, ID

Eldon “Robert” Bakes, Eagle, ID

60 Years: Admitted in 1961

Neal M. Newhouse, Boise, ID

50 Years: Admitted in 1971

Allen Vernon Bowles, Moscow, ID

Charles P. Brumbach, Rochester, MN

Charles Winton Fawcett, Boise, ID

D. “Blair” Clark, Boise, ID

David Henry Leroy, Boise, ID

David Bruce Lincoln, Boise, ID

Donald Ray Barker, Moscow, ID

Dwight E. Baker, Blackfoot, ID

Edward Duane Ahrens, Boise, ID

Frederick Hamilton Snook, Salmon, ID

Gary Alvan Finney, Sandpoint, ID

Gaylon Rich Andrus, Rexburg, ID

Gene Delmond Reneau, Aztec, NM

Hon. Don L. Harding, Soda Springs, ID

Howard Ray Foley, Meridian, ID

James Garrison Reid, Boise, ID

James S. Underwood, Monticello, FL

James D. Williams, Boise, ID

John “Mike” Brassey, Boise, ID

John Franklin Croner, Boise, ID

John Foy Varin, Boise, ID

Jonathan West Cottrell, Sandpoint, ID

Mark Symington Geston, Boise, ID

Michael M. Anderson, Belgrade, MT

Michael J. Verbillis, Coeur d’Alene, ID

Peter C. Jenkins, Prescott, AZ

Richard L. Harris, Caldwell, ID

Robert M. Harwood, Ketchum, ID

Robert Manning Nielsen Rupert, ID

Ronald Dale Schilling, Meridian, ID

Terrence Roy White, Nampa, ID

Thomas M. Vasseur, Coeur d’Alene, ID

Vernon K. Smith, Boise, ID

Honoring 40 Years: Admitted in 1981

Honoring 25 Years: Admitted in 1996

The Advocate Awards

We will also be honoring the following organizations and authors for their outstanding contributions to The Advocate in 2020.

Best Issue Sponsor

Idaho Women Lawyers & Idaho Legal History Society Co-Sponsorship, November/December 2020 Issue

Best Article

Women’s Suffrage and the Pandemic of 1918” by Christopher P. Graham & Lucy Murphy November/December 2020 Issue

To register to attend ONLY attend social events in person, click here:  Receptions and Luncheon ONLY Registration

To register to attend ANY in person CLE programs along with social events, please click here:  Receptions, Luncheon and CLE Registration

If you wish to watch an Award Program virtually, please join us on our YouTube Channel where the programs will be live streamed.

** Please note that due to the excessive heat forecast, we have moved this event indoors.