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Meredith Switzer
Meredith Blaise Switzer was the District 4, Position 2 judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals from April 8, 2019, to December 31, 2020. Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) appointed Switzer on April 8, 2019, to succeed Judge David "Mac" Glover, who died in March 2019. Under Arkansas law, Switzer was prohibited from running to succeed herself in the 2020 election.[1][2]
District 4 is composed of Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Little River, Logan, Miller, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier, and Yell counties.[3]
Switzer served as a district judge in Garland County, Arkansas, from 2016 to 2018.[1]
Education
Switzer obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2001. She received a J.D. with honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) Law School in 2004. During her legal studies, Switzer served as executive editor of the UALR Law Review.[1]
Career
Switzer was the District 4, Position 2 judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals from April 8, 2019, to December 31, 2020. From January 2019 to April 2019, she was the chief legal counsel of Quapaw House, Inc. Before that, Switzer was a district judge in Garland County from 2016 to 2018. Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) appointed Switzer to this position in December 2016, to succeed her father, David B. Switzer. She served in this position until 2018, when she was prohibited from running to succeed herself.[1]
Switzer previously worked for the Attorney General of Arkansas, beginning in 2009, where she eventually became deputy attorney general of the state Agencies Department. Before 2009, Switzer worked as an associate attorney at Rose Law Firm.[1]
Associations
- Member, Board of Trustees of Mid-America Science Museum
- Member, Board of Trustees of the First United Methodist Church Child Development Center
- Member, Leadership Greater Little Rock, Class XXI
- Former member, William H. Overton Inn of Court
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Arkansas Bar Association
- Member, Garland County Bar Association
- Member, Hot Springs National Park Rotary[1]
Elections
2020
Meredith Switzer was unable to file for another term since under Arkansas law, appointed judges are prohibited from running to succeed themselves in the next election.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, "Governor Hutchinson Appoints Judge Meredith Switzer to Court of Appeals, District 4," April 8, 2019
- ↑ Arkansas Constitution, "Arkansas Constitution of 1874 Amendment 29, § 2. Persons not eligible," accessed April 9, 2019
- ↑ Act 1812 of 2003, "An Act to Reapportion the Court of Appeals Districts," April 11, 2003
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
