• Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  Judge

  2006 – present · 20 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• U.S. Magistrate Judge

  U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas

  1993 – 2006 · 13 yrs

• Circuit-chancery judge

  Circuit Court of Arkansas, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

  1991 – 1993 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  Arkansas

  1976 – 1990 · 14 yrs

Education