Keith Roark

Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Mr. Roark received his B.A. in 1974 from the University of Utah and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Utah College of Law in 1977. He began his legal career in Hailey, Idaho where he worked as a deputy prosecutor until being elected Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney in 1978. He has served as President of the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association (1983-1984), President of the Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2007-08), Chairman of the Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training Council (1981-1985) and as a member of the board of directors of the National Association of District Attorneys.

Mr. Roark left the prosecutor’s office in 1985 to form the Roark Law Firm where he still maintains a limited practice. Mr. Roark is also an elected Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a distinction conferred on less than one percent of all lawyers in the United States and Canada. He served as the elected mayor of the City of Hailey (1989-1994) and has served on numerous committees and commissions established by both state and federal courts. All three of Mr. Roark’s children graduated from Wood River High School and his wife, Laurie Roark, taught first and second grade in Bellevue and Hailey Elementary school for nearly 20 years. Mr. Roark was elected in 2019 and his term expires in 2023.