Robert Squire

39 • Vice president of corporate counsel •

D.L. Evans Bank • Burley

Robert Squire has an extensive background in law, especially as relates to Idaho affairs. He has served as counsel, aide and advisor to countless Idaho institutions. Although not a native, Squire has invested himself fully in the betterment of Idaho, its organizations and its residents.

Squire grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio, but left the Midwest to attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Squire continued his education in the pursuit of a law degree from the University of Akron in 2008.

“I just wanted to know how the real world worked,” he says.

Currently, Squire works as the vice president of corporate counsel to D.L. Evans Bank. His role in Burley, Idaho, ebbs and flows with the needs of the banking and financial institution as well as its constituents.

However, Squire’s position does not dictate all of his time. Growing up, he wanted to be a doctor. That interest in other people still leads his actions — he demonstrates his affinity for others through an array of social and community works projects.

Since 2015, Squire has served on the board of the Rotary Club of Burley. Throughout his board experience, Squire actively participated in transitioning the organization to more service-driven directives. Last fall, the club collected and donated 125 backpacks filled with supplies to local students in need.

On top of impacting individual students in Burley, Squire worked with corporate and private donors to replace the City of Burley public tennis courts. The project collected over $80,0000 from donors in an effort to have the courts resurfaced. They will be unveiled this summer.

His work on the tennis courts does not stop with fundraising. Squire initiated and organized the production of summer tennis clinics a few years prior to the renovations, and plans for more clinics as soon as the courts are accessible.

“I am in the process of organizing youth programs to attract more players and utilize the new facilities,” says Squire.

As a proponent of accountability and social responsibility, “I live by the philosophy that I should leave every place better than when I came,” he says.

While law and finance are often misconstrued as impersonal professions, Squire has made a name for himself as a man of benevolence and distinct goodwill. He has a knack for developing creative solutions that optimize outcomes for all parties involved with legal expertise and mindset of fairness. Even when the going gets tough, Squire is a peer-acclaimed collaborator and devoted problem solver.

“I am a transplant, but I like to think of myself as an ‘Idahoan by choice’ first and foremost,” he says.