Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, § 16-17-1002. "District Court Resource Assessment Board," provides:
The board shall consist of eleven (11) members appointed as follows:
Two members of the Senate appointed by the Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary;
Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary; and
Seven members appointed by the Supreme Court as follows: Two members of the Arkansas District Judges Council; one member of the Association of Arkansas Counties; one member of the Arkansas Municipal League; one Justice of the Supreme Court; one member of the Arkansas Bar Association who is engaged in the full-time private practice of law; and one circuit judge.
The board shall have three (3) ex officio members who shall serve as nonvoting members: the Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary or his or her designee; the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary or his or her designee; and the Attorney General or his or her designee.
| Name | Position | Locality | Term Expires | Appointed by | Appointed date | Reappointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
County Judge Doug Erwin, Lonoke County |
Board Member |
Lonoke County |
04/30/2024 |
Per Curiam |
10/1/2020 |
|
4 years |
|
John Wilkerson, General Counsel, Arkansas Municipal League |
Board Member | Little Rock |
04/30/2024 |
Per Curiam |
12/06/2018 |
10/1/2020 | 4 years |
|
Justice Shawn A. Womack, Arkansas Supreme Court |
Board Member | Mountain Home |
04/30/2021 |
Per Curiam |
05/11/2017 |
4 years |
|
|
Senator Stephanie Flowers (Arkansas State Legislature) |
Board Member |
Pine Bluff |
04/30/2021 |
Chair, Senate Judiciary | 4 years | ||
|
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr. (Arkansas State Legislature) |
Board Member |
Texarkana |
04/30/2022 |
Chair, Senate Judiciary | 4 years | ||
|
Representative Sarah Capp (Arkansas State Legislature) |
Board Member |
Ozark |
04/30/2022 |
Chair, House Judiciary | 4 years | ||
|
Representative John Maddox (Arkansas State Legislature) |
Board Member |
Mena |
04/30/2022 |
Chair, House Judiciary | 4 years | ||
|
District Court Judge David Stewart (Retired) |
Chair |
Fayetteville |
04/30/2022 |
Per Curiam |
05/15/2014 |
11/01/2018 |
4 years |
|
Circuit Court Judge Edwin Keaton, 13th Judicial Circuit |
Board Member |
Camden |
04/30/2022 |
Per Curiam |
11/01/2018 |
4 years |
|
|
John Collins, Esq. |
Secretary |
Little Rock |
04/30/2022 |
Per Curiam |
11/01/2018 |
4 years |
|
|
District Court Judge Melinda French, 27th District |
Board Member | Chicot & Desha Counties |
04/30/2023 |
Per Curiam |
06/06/2019 |
4 years |
|
|
Alan Clark, Chairman, Senate Judicial Committee |
Ex-Officio |
Lonsdale |
Statute | ||||
|
Carol Dalby, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee |
Ex-Officio |
Texarkana |
Statute | ||||
|
Cory Cox, Chief of Staff, Office of Attorney General Leslie Rutledge |
Ex-Officio |
Perryville |
|
Attorney General |
|
|
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|
Ben Barham, Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts |
Staff |