Supreme Court

Chief Justice Jim Hannah
	Date of Election to Current Position - 2005
	Education: Harrison High School University of Arkansas School of Law - JD University of Arkansas - BSBA (Accounting).
Law-Related Employment: City Attorney for Augusta, Bradford, Des Arc, Garner, Kensett, and Rosebud; Searcy City Attorney (1969-1978); Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Woodruff County.
Law Practice or Teaching Areas: Private Law Practice/Lightle, Tedder, Hannah & Beebe Law Firm (Searcy); National Judicial College, faculty advisor; Harding University, former instructor.
Prior Judicial Experience: City Judge for Kensett and Rosebud; White County Juvenile Court and the Juvenile Probate Office, Est. & Implemented; White County Juvenile Judge (1976-1978); Chancery/Probate Judge, 17th Judicial District (1979-1999); Associate Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, Position 5 (2001-2004); Chief Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, Position 1 (2005 to present).
Associations: Arkansas Judicial Council; past president and board member; Arkansas Bar Association; Conference of Chief Justices, past board member; Chair of Conference of Chief Justices Committee on Courts, Children & Families; Conference of Chief Justices Judicial Excellence Committee, member; Conference of Chief Justices Government Affairs Committee, member; American Bar Association Fellow; Committee on Federal - State Jurisdiction of the Judicial Conference of the United States, member; Executive Session for State Court Leaders, Harvard, University.
Publications Forgotten Law and Judicial Duty, 70 Alb. L. Rev. 829 (2007).
Other: Court Leadership Symposium, Harvard, University; Innovations in Governance, Harvard, University; Ozark Ambassador Award, North Arkansas College Foundation; American Judges Association, past member; White County Bar Association, past President, Treasurer, and Secretary; Arkansas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Secretary (1972-1979); former Legislative Assistant to then Governor Dale Bumpers; Arkansas Court Reporters Examiners Board, former chairman; Chairman of Drug Court Advisory Committee; Searcy Chamber of Commerce, former member; Wilbur Mills Alcoholism Treatment Center, past Chairman of Board of Advisors; Kiwanis Club of Searcy, former member of Board of Directors; past Secretary and Treasurer; Kiwanis Little League Basketball, co-founder and current Chairman; Little League Baseball, former Director; Little League Baseball and Basketball, former Coach; University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Parents= Club, former President; Presbytery of Arkansas Nominations Committee, member; First Presbyterian Church of Searcy, Elder/former Deacon, Elder, Trustee & Clerk of the Session. Married to Pat Johnson Hannah of Velvet Ridge, AR. Family includes 5 children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Associate Justice Donald L. Corbin, Position 2
	Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: 1991
	Education: B.A., University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; J.D., University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Law-Related Employment: Served five terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives (1971-1980)
Law Practice or Teaching Areas: Practiced Law in DeQueen, Arkansas (1966-1967); Practiced law in Lewisville and Stamps, Arkansas (1967-1981)
Prior Judicial Experience: Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals (1981-1990); appointed Chief Judge in January 1987 and served in that capacity until 1990.
The biographical information above has been reprinted with the permission of the Arkansas Bar Association from Handling Appeals in Arkansas, Arkansas Bar Association, 1997.

Associate Justice Elana Cunningham Wills, Position 3
	Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: October, 2008.
	Education: B.S. Finance, Arkansas State University, 1984; Juris Doctorate, with honors, University of Arkansas, 1987
Law-Related Employment: Assistant Attorney General 1988-93; Deputy Attorney General 1993-1999; Senior Assistant Attorney General 1999-2003; Deputy Attorney General 2003-2008.
Law Practice: Associate Attorney, Rose Law Firm 1987-88.
Associations: Member, Arkansas Bar Association; ABA Government Practice Section; Member, Pulaski County Bar Association
Publications: "'Personnel Records' Under the FOIA: What Weighs in the Balance?" Arkansas Lawyer, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Fall 2004) at 8. "Tearing Down Brickhouse: Could Judicial Demolition of Brickhouse v. Hill Prompt a New Arkansas Constitution?" 54 Ark. L. Rev. 19 (2001). "Constitutional Crisis: Can the Governor (Or Other State Officerholder) Be Removed from Office in a Court Action After Being Convicted of a Felony?” 50 Ark. L. Rev. 221 (1997). Casenote, “Woods v. Woods: The Missing Piece to Divisible Divorce in Arkansas,” 39 Ark. L. Rev. 705 (1986).

Associate Justice Jim Gunter, Position 4
	Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: 2004
	Education: B.B.A., Texas A&M University; J.D., University of Houston.
Law-Related Employment: Prosecuting Attorney, 8th Judicial District (1977-1982).
Law Practice or Teaching Areas: Private practice, law office of John L. Wilson, Hope, Arkansas (1973); Private practice, Wilson and Gunter (1974); Private practice, Wilson, Gunter and Walker (1975).
Prior Judicial Experience: Chancellor, 8th Judicial District (1983-1991); Circuit/Chancery Judge, 8th Judicial District (1991-1999); Circuit Judge, 8th Judicial District North (1999-2004).
Associations: American Bar Association; Arkansas Bar Association; Southwest Arkansas Bar Association; Hempstead County Bar Association; Arkansas Judicial Council, Past President.
Other: Arkansas Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee; Arkansas Supreme Court Criminal Rules Committee; Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Child Support; Criminal Detention Facility Board, Chair; Arkansas Judicial College, Education Committee; Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, Member; Calvary Baptist Church, Hope, Arkansas, Member, AWANA Commander; Boy Scouts of America, Assistant Scoutmaster; Hope Lions Club; Lions of Arkansas, District Governor; Lions World Services for the Blind, Past President; Habitat for Humanity, Member

Associate Justice Paul E. Danielson, Position 5
	Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: 2006
	Education: B.A., Florida State University, 1968; J.D., University of Arkansas School of Law, 1975.
Law-Related Employment: Law Clerk to Associate Justice Frank Holt of Arkansas Supreme Court; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 6th and 15th Judicial Districts; Booneville City attorney; Circuit Judge, 15th Judicial Circuit.
Law Practice or Teaching Areas: Private law practice for 18 years; Instructor at University of Arkansas School of Law.
Prior Judicial Experience: Circuit Judge, 15th Judicial District (Conway, Logan, Scott & Yell Counties) for 12 years.
Associations: Arkansas Bar Association; Arkansas Bar Foundation Fellow; Arkansas Judicial Council; Past Chairman Supreme Court Liaison Committee.

Associate Justice Annabelle Clinton Imber, Position 6
	Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: 1997
	Education: B.A., Smith College (1971); J.D., University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (1977)
Law-Related Employment: Paralegal, Arnold, White & Durkee, Houston, Texas (1972-1975); Paralegal, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, Arkansas (1975-1977); Attorney/Partner, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, Arkansas (1977-1988)
Prior Judicial Experience: Circuit Judge, 6th Judicial District, 5th Division (1984); Chancery/Probate Judge, 6th Judicial District, 6th Division (1989-1996)
The biographical information above has been reprinted with the permission of the Arkansas Bar Association from Handling Appeals in Arkansas, Arkansas Bar Association, 1997.

	Education: B.A., University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee (1963); M.A., Columbia University (1965); J.D., University of Virginia (1968)
Associate Justice Robert L. Brown, Position 7
	Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: 1990
Law-Related Employment: Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 6th Judicial District (1971-1972); Legal Aide, Governor of Arkansas Dale Bumpers (1972-1974); Legislative Assistant, Senator Dale Bumpers (1975-1976); Administrative Assistant, Congressman Jim Guy Tucker (1976-1978)
Law Practice or Teaching Areas: Robert L. Brown, P.A. (1985-1990); Harrison & Brown, P.A. (1979-1984); Adjunct Professor (National Government) U.A.L.R. (1984); Bar Review of Arkansas (1979-1981); Chowning, Mitchell, Hamilton & Burrow (1968-1971)
Prior Judicial Experience: Special Circuit Judge - Pulaski County
Associations: Pulaski County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Arkansas Bar Foundation Fellow; American Bar Foundation Fellow
Publications: The Second Crisis of Little Rock: A Report on Desegregation within the Little Rock Public Schools (Little Rock, AR: Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, 1988); From Whence Cometh Our Appellate Judges: Popular Election Versus the Missouri Plan, 20:2 U.A.L.R. Law Journal 313 (Winter 1998); Expanded Rights Through State Law: The United States Supreme Court Shows State Courts the Way, 4:2 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 499 (Fall 2002). From Earl Warren to Wendell Griffen: A Study of Judicial Intimidation and Judicial Self-Restraint, 28:1 U.A.L.R. Law Review 1 (Fall 2005).
Some of the biographical information above has been reprinted with the permission of the Arkansas Bar Association from Handling Appeals in Arkansas, Arkansas Bar Association, 1997.