David Clark (Arkansas)
David M. Clark is the Division 4 circuit judge of the Twentieth Circuit of Arkansas. Governor Mike Beebe appointed him to the circuit in 2007, and he was elected for a full term the following year.[1][2][3]
Clark was re-elected in the nonpartisan primary election on May 20, 2014. His term will expire in 2020.[4]
Education
Clark received his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Arkansas in 1991. He graduated from law school with a J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1994 with high honors. While there, he was the associate editor of the Law Review.[3][5]
Career
- 2007-2020: Judge, Twentieth Circuit
- 1995-2007: Deputy prosecuting attorney, Twentieth Judicial District & Sixth Judicial District[2][3][5]
Awards and associations
- Board of directors, Arkansas Judicial Council
- Member, Arkansas Bar Association
- Member, Conway Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Faulkner County Bar Association
- Board of directors, Faulkner County Boys and Girls Club
- Former president, Big Brothers Big Sisters[3][5]
Approach to the law
Clark was quoted in the Log Cabin Democrat:
| “ | I think the most important thing for a judge to remember is that he is here for two groups of people. He's here for the attorneys and he's here for the litigants. It's important that the court be accessible for these people to make their coming to court as small an inconvenience as it can possibly be. Coming to court's never convenient for anybody, regardless of what you're here for. If you're here for a divorce, a car wreck, probation, whatever you're doing, it's never a good time to come to court, as a general rule. So what I have tried to do during my term is make it less taxing on people's time.[6] | ” |
| —David Clark[5] | ||
Elections
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Clark ran for re-election to the Twentieth Circuit.
General: He defeated Angela Byrd in the general election on May 20, 2014, receiving 60.1 percent of the vote.
[7][4]
See also
- Arkansas Circuit Courts
- Arkansas 20th Judicial Circuit
- Faulkner County, Arkansas
- Searcy County, Arkansas
- Van Buren County, Arkansas
External links
- Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: 2014 Preferential Primary Elections & Non Partisan General Election," accessed April 16, 2014
- Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 16, 2014
- Office of the Arkansas Governor, "Press release: 'Beebe appoints three Arkansans to newly created circuit judgeships," May 16, 2007
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Judiciary, "Arkansas judicial directory," updated March 4, 2014, accessed April 16, 2014pg. 17
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Office of the Arkansas Governor, "Press release: 'Beebe appoints three Arkansans to newly created circuit judgeships," May 16, 2007
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Log Cabin Democrat, "Clark announces re-election bid for circuit court," July 20, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Nonpartisan Election Results," May 20, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Log Cabin Democrat, "David Clark to seek Division 4 judgeship," December 7, 2007
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: David M. Clark," accessed April 16, 2014
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas
State courts:
Arkansas Supreme Court • Arkansas Court of Appeals • Arkansas Circuit Courts • Arkansas District Courts • Arkansas City Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arkansas • Arkansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arkansas
