Lee Harrod
Lee Wisdom Harrod is the Division 3 judge of the Sixteenth Circuit of Arkansas. He was elected to the position in 2008, and re-elected on May 20, 2014 for a term ending in 2020.[1][2][3][4]
Elections
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Harrod ran for re-election to the Sixteenth Circuit.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.
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Education
Harrod received both his undergraduate degree and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas. He also attended Lyon College.[5][6]
Career
Before becoming a circuit judge, Harrod was a judge for the city of Quitman. He also sat as a special circuit judge for Division 3 multiple times, as a special district judge in Cleburne County, and was a practicing attorney. Harrod was admitted to the bar in 1999.[5][6]
Awards and associations
- President, Cleburne County Bar Association
- Cleburne County Rotary Club[6]
Noteworthy cases
Mindy McCready custody dispute
Judge Harrod heard the Mindy McCready custody dispute on December 5, 2011. Details of the hearing are sealed, but McCready was said to be pleased with the outcome.[7]
The hearing occurred after McCready, the late country music singer, took her son out of the state of Florida and away from her mother, who had legal custody at the time. Though McCready was initially reported to be in Tennessee, she and her son were found in an Arkansas home, reportedly the home of her boyfriend, on December 2, 2011.[7]
See also
- Arkansas 16th Judicial Circuit
- Cleburne County, Arkansas
- Fulton County, Arkansas
- Independence County, Arkansas
- Izard County, Arkansas
- Stone County, Arkansas
External links
- Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: 2014 preferential primary elections & non partisan general election," accessed April 27, 2014
- Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 27, 2014
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 27, 2014
- ↑ 16th Judicial District of Arkansas, "Lee Harrod," accessed December 8, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: Lee Wisdom Harrod," accessed April 27, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "2014 Arkansas Preferential Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Election," updated May 29, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Martindale.com, "Judge profile: Lee Harrod"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 GuardOnline.com, "Lee Harrod announces," January 16, 2008
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 People, "Mindy McCready 'happy' after child-welfare hearing," December 6, 2011
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
