• Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  Judge

  2002 – present · 24 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• Supreme Court of Arkansas

  Judge

  1997 – 2004 · 7 yrs

Career

• prac

  2005 – 2005

• Arkansas Public Service Commission

  2001 – 2002 · 1 yr

• commissioner

  2001 – 2002 · 1 yr

• Associate justice

  Arkansas Supreme Court

  1999 – 2000 · 1 yr

• Arkansas Public Service Commission

  1997 – 1999 · 2 yrs

• chairman

  1997 – 1999 · 2 yrs

• Regulatory liaison

  1996 – 1997 · 1 yr

• prac

  1996 – 1996

• Assistant professor

  John Brown University

  1994 – 1996 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1991 – 1994 · 3 yrs

• Staff attorney

  Ozark Legal Services

  1987 – 1991 · 4 yrs

• Law clerk in private practice

  Arkansas

  1985 – 1987 · 2 yrs

Education