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17 Advocate 1 (1974)

handle is hein.barjournals/adisb0017 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 17, No. 1 Boise, Idaho January, 1974 LAUREL E. ELAM REACHES MILESTONE EDITOR'S NOTE: This month. Laurel E. Elam marked his 60th year in the active prac- tice of law in llolse. ThIq sets a new record for living Iaho attorneys. The following article was written by one of Mr. Elam's partners, laine F. Evans. For 60 years Laurel E. Elam has been the leader of the Idaho Bar. Without question he has tried and won more cases than any other lawyer in the history of this state. Despite being 85 years of age, he is still trying and winning cases. Born in Illinois, he received his pre- paratory education at Greenville College. He received his legal degree at the Uni- versity of Chicago in 1913. He worked his way through law school by teaching school and waiting tables. When Mr. Elam first came to Idaho he did so by working on the threshing crews in the wheat fields near Ashton. He came to Boise on a summer visit, decided to stay and associated with the law firm of Sul- livan and Sullivan. Mr. Elam was admitted to the Bar in 1914. He served in the First World War with the Field Artillery in 1923. Fol- lowing the War, he and Carl Burke, Sr. founded the law firm of Elam and Burke which has since expanded to the firm of Elam, Burke, Jeppesen, Evans & Boyd. Political Career Laurel Elam had a distinguished po- litical career, having served as Prosecut- ing Attorney of Ada County and in the Idaho State Legislature. Mr. Elam's contribution to his state as a civic leader has been most impres- sive. An active leader in the Republican Party from the days of Calvin Coolidge, Laurel Elam is former president of the Boise Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA and the Board of the Salvation Army; a member of the Boise Kiwanis Club, the Elks, the Masonic Lodge and still shoots golf at Hillcrest Country Club. He was one of the organizers of Boise Music Week and served as one of the earlier chairmen. He and his wife, Lila, have two sons, Lowell and Frank, and a daughter, Mrs. Jo Anne Payseau. COURT HOLDS FEB 1 ! 197 HEPARD ASSUMES MEMORIAL RITES HIGH COURT POST Seven Idaho judge J IwJ v rl who died in 1973 were m$WfzJ&W5 in services held before the Idaho Su- preme Court. Those remembered at the ceremony were: John R. Black, Pocatello. District Judge Daniel A. Quinlan, Lewiston. District Judge D. H. Sutphen, Gooding. Adonis H. Nielson, Burley. Michael F. Ryan, Gooding. Walter Kent Naylor, Idaho Falls. District Judge Thomas H. Felton, Moscow. The services were attended by the families of those memorialized, as well as a group of Idaho lawyers and judges. Bert Larson of Twin Falls was the speaker, and the memorial resolution was read by Dale Clemons of Boise, chairman of the Memorial Committee. Other members of the committee wbre H. William Furchner of Blackfoot and Scott W. Reed of Coeur d'Alene. Laurel E. Elam Laurel Elam has throughout the prac- tice of law been one of the most humane, kind and considerate human being in the Bar and has always placed his profes- sional responsibility as one of his first responsibilities. Chief Justice Allan Shepard Allan G. Shepard became Chief Jus- tice of the Idaho Supreme Court in ceremonies Jan. 4 at the Supreme Court. Under the Court's rotation system he replaced Charles R. Donaldson. District Judge Roy Mosman of Lew- iston also was sworn in as a new judge at the ceremonies. He replaces the late District Judge Thomas H. Felton of Moscow. The new Chief Justice first entered state government service in 1958 as a member of the Idaho Legislature, serv- ing two terms in the House as a repre- sentative from Ada County. In 1962, he was elected attorney general, a post in which he served for six years. Chief Justice Shepard was elected to the Idaho Supreme Court in 1968. He is a former president of the Na- tional Association of Attorneys General, a former state chairman of the Idaho Youth Legislature, a member of the ad- visory board of Booth Memorial Hos- pital and is a member of the advisory board of the Visiting Nurses Associa- tion.

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