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Gordon Webb
Gordon Webb is the Division 4 judge of the Fourteenth Circuit of Arkansas. He was first elected to the bench in 2002 and was re-elected in 2008. He was again re-elected on May 20, 2014, for a term expiring in 2020. Webb has two great-grandfathers who were United States senators from Tennessee, and his wife was a law clerk for the late U.S. district judge Jesse Smith Henley.[1][2][3][4]
Elections
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Webb ran for re-election to the Fourteenth Circuit.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.
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Education
Webb earned his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University in 1969. He earned his J.D. at Tulane University Law School in 1976.[2][5]
Career
Before becoming a circuit judge, Webb was a prosecuting attorney for 24 years in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. He was also a public defender and is a certified law enforcement instructor. He has taught at North Arkansas College. Webb was admitted to the bar in 1976.[2][5]
Awards and associations
- 1969-1973: U.S. Navy
- Governor's appointee, chairman, Arkansas Sentencing Commission
- Supreme Court appointee, Supreme Court Rules Committee
- Director, Drug Task Force, 14th Judicial Circuit
- State president, Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association
- President, North-Central Peace Officers Association
- President, Boone-Newton Peace Officers Association
- President Boone-Newton Bar Association
- District delegate, Arkansas Bar Association House of Delegates
- Administrator of Public Funds, Budgets, and Grants[2]
See also
- Arkansas 14th Judicial Circuit
- Baxter County, Arkansas
- Boone County, Arkansas
- Marion County, Arkansas
- Newton County, Arkansas
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 26, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 GordonWebb.com, "Gordon Webb: Circuit Judge, Division 4," 2002
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: Gordon Webb," accessed April 26, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "2014 Arkansas Preferential Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Election," updated May 27, 2014, accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Martindale.com, "Judge profile: Gordon Webb"
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
