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ABOUT BART M. DAVIS

Bart M. Davis was born in South Dakota in 1955. He has been married to Marion Woffinden Davis since 1976, has six children, eight grandchildren, and he enjoys golf. He is active in his church and Rotary Club. He is a Paul Harris Fellow.

Mr. Davis received a B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1978 and J.D. in 1980 from University of Idaho. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho, United States District Court, District of Idaho and District of Arizona, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Supreme Court. He was co-counsel on a tax case before the United States Supreme Court in 1990 (Davis vs. United States of America, 495 U.S. 472). He practices in the areas of construction, real property, business, and commercial law including bankruptcy.

Since 2001, Mr. Davis has been a commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). He serves on the Committee on Liaison with American Indian Tribes, tasked to provide general liaison functions for the introduction of applicable uniform laws into tribal codes (Tribal Secured Transaction Act) and the Committee on Relations with other Organizations.

In 1998 Senator Davis was elected to the Idaho State Senate. Currently, he is the Idaho Senate Majority Leader, a member of Legislative Council, and a board member of the Idaho Bond Bank Authority. He chaired several interim committees, including Guardianship/Conservatorship and Task Force to Study Campaign Financing for Judicial Elections. He previously served Idaho's Governors as a member of the Family Farm Security Task Force, the Safety in Public Schools Task Force, and he chaired the Eastern Idaho State Park Search Committee. He currently serves on Idaho's Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Capitol Restoration Advisory Committee on Legislative Relocation.

As a member of the Council of State Governments and CSG-WEST, Senator Davis' service includes: CSG Chair-Elect, CSG-West past chairman, Governing Board & Executive Committees, Committee on Suggested State Legislation, International Committee, Chair of Futures Committee, Chair of Toll Fellows Selection Committee, and Legal Task Force (12 member "Federalism" national task force to determine amicus curiae participation before the US Supreme Court). In 1999 Senator Davis was awarded the Toll Fellowship.

Mr. Davis is active in the Idaho State Bar. He served the state bar and the Idaho Supreme Court as a member of the Guardianship/Conservatorship Committee and the Judicial Independence and Integrity Committee. He served the federal courts for six years as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (including Conference Executive Committee), eleven years on the Bankruptcy Court Rules Committee (Recorder from 1998 to 2001), Chapter 13 Plan Subcommittee (Recorder), and Long Range Planning Committee. He was a founding board member and past chairman of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section. He is also a member of the University of Idaho College of Law Advisory Council, Idaho Law Review Advisory Board, and the 2007 College of Law Conclave. Mr. Davis is a co-author of Use of Legislative History: Willow Witching for Legislative Intent, 43 University of Idaho College of Law Review 585 (2007).

Mr. Davis has been honored as the recipient of the Outstanding Republican Elected Official Award by Region VII, Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce Leadership to Eastern Idaho Award, Cesar Chavez/Dolores Huerta Farmworker Justice Award, Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section Professionalism Award, and the State Government Affairs Council Shooting Star Award. He was also honored to participate with the American Jewish Committee and the Council of State Governments on the Project Israel Interchange.