Supreme Court
 

Chief Justice Jim Hannah

Jim Hannah - Chief Justice

Date of Election or Appointment 
to Current Position
: 2004

Education: B.S.B.A. (Accounting), University of Arkansas; J.D., University of Arkansas.
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.
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).
Associations: Arkansas Judicial Council; Arkansas Bar Association.
Other: American Judges Association, past member; White County Bar Association, past President, Treasurer, and Secretary; Arkansas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Secretary (1972-1979); Searcy Chamber of Commerce, former member; Wilbur Mills Alcoholism Treatment Center, past Chairman of Board of Advisors; Harding University, former instructor; 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; First Presbyterian Church of Searcy, Elder/ former Deacon, Elder, Trustee & Clerk of the Session.

 

Associate Justice Donald L. Corbin, Position 2

Justice Don Corbin 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 Tom Glaze, Position 3

Justice Tom Glaze Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: 1987
Education: B.S., Business Administration, University of Arkansas (1960); L.L.B., University of Arkansas School of Law (1964); National Judicial College (1978); The American Academy of Judicial Education (1983); National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Faculty Training Conference (1985)
Law-Related Employment: Private Law Practice, and Chairman, The Election Laws Institute, Inc. (1970-1978); Assistant and Deputy Attorney General, Arkansas Attorney General's Office (1967-1970); Staff Attorney, Pulaski County Legal Aid (1966-67); Legal Advisor and Office Manager, Winthrop Rockefeller (1965-1966); Executive Director, Election Research Council, Inc. (1965)
Law Practice or Teaching Areas: Lecturer, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1971, 1972, 1979, 1980); Lecturer, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (1981, 1982, 1985, 1987)
Prior Judicial Experience: Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals (1981-1986); Chancellor, Sixth Judicial District, Third Division (1979-1980)
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 Jim Gunter, Position 4

Jim Gunter 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

Paul E. Danielson 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

Justice Annabelle Imber 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.

 

Associate Justice Robert L. Brown, Position 7

Justice Robert Brown Date of Election or Appointment to Current Position: 1990
Education: B.A., University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee (1963); M.A., Columbia University (1965); J.D., University of
Virginia (1968)
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.