• District Court, E.D. Arkansas

  Judge

  1980 – 2002 · 22 yrsAppointed by Jimmy Carter

• Supreme Court of Arkansas

  Judge

  1967 – 1974 · 7 yrs

• Court of Appeals of Arkansas

  Judge

  1967 – 2004 · 37 yrs

Career

• Special associate justice

  Arkansas Supreme Court

  1967 – 1974 · 7 yrs

• Private practice

  1953 – 1980 · 27 yrs

• Executive secretary

  1949 – 1953 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1946 – 1948 · 2 yrs

• Referee in bankruptcy

  Western District of Arkansas

  1946 – 1947 · 1 yr

• Special agent

  Federal Bureau of Investigation

  1941 – 1946 · 5 yrs

Education