Related Research Articles
William Jefferson Clinton is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton,whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy,became known as a New Democrat.
Kenneth Winston Starr was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report,which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration,known as the Whitewater controversy,from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989 and as the U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.
James Guy Tucker Jr. is an American former politician,businessman,and attorney who served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas from 1992 until his resignation in 1996 after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater affair. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 15th lieutenant governor,state attorney general,and as a U.S. representative.
Dale Leon Bumpers was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was counsel at the Washington office of law firm Arent Fox LLP,where his clients included Riceland Foods and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Thomas Chipman McRae was an American attorney and politician from Arkansas. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and the 26th Governor of Arkansas,from 1921 to 1925.
Charles Hillman Brough was an American politician who served as the 25th Governor of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921. He signed a bill for women’s suffrage in Arkansas and supported it nationally.
Rose Law Firm is an American law firm headquartered in Little Rock,Arkansas.
Wallace Bernard Jefferson is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 2004 until October 1,2013. In October 2013,he joined the law firm Alexander Dubose &Jefferson LLP as a name partner and now practices appellate law.
Roger Lee Gregory is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Lavenski R. Smith is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 2002,serving as chief judge from 2017 to 2024. He previously served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1999 to 2000.
George Moffett Cochran IV was a Virginia lawyer,banker and legislator who later served as a justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. Cochran served part-time representing Staunton,Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly for nearly two decades,first as a delegate,then briefly as state senator. His opposition to the Byrd Organization's policy of Massive Resistance helped integrate Virginia's schools.
Thurgood Marshall Jr. is an American lawyer and son of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall worked in the Bill Clinton White House and is a retired international law firm partner. He also served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation.
The University of Arkansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville,Arkansas,a state university. It has around 445 students enrolled in its Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Law (LL.M) programs and is home to the nation's first LL.M in agricultural and food law program. The School of Law is one of two law schools in the state of Arkansas;the other is the William H. Bowen School of Law.
George Howard Jr. was an American World War II veteran,attorney,and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. He was the first African-American United States district judge in Arkansas. Howard played an important role in the Whitewater controversy,presiding over several Whitewater-related cases,including the separate trials of Jim and Susan McDougal,and once called on President Bill Clinton to testify.
William Benson Bryant was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and served as the first African-American Chief Judge of the court.
Annabelle Davis Clinton Imber Tuck is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court for thirteen years. The first woman elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court,Imber is best known for a case she handled while she was a chancery judge in the 6th Judicial District.
Fred Lee Banks Jr. is an American lawyer,civil rights activist,politician,and former Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He served on the court from 1991 to 2001. He served as a judge of the state's Seventh Circuit District Court from 1985-1991,and as a member of the state house of representatives from 1976-1985.
Charles Z. Smith was an American judge who served as a Washington State Supreme Court Justice from 1988 to 2002. He was the first person of color and the first African American to hold the position.
Adrienne Camille Nelson is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2023 as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. She was previously a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 2018 to 2023 and a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court from 2006 to 2018.
Following her graduation from Yale Law School in 1973 until becoming first lady of the United States in 1993,Hillary Clinton practiced law. In 1988 and 1991 The National Law Journal named Clinton one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the United States.
References
- 1 2 3 Dumas, Ernest (2013-11-19). "Arkansas Supreme Court Project, Arkansas Supreme Court Historical Society | Interview with Justice Richard L. Mays" (PDF). Arkansas Judiciary. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- 1 2 3 Williams, Helaine (2018-06-03). "Entrepreneur, lawyer, businessman, civil-rights pioneer and politician Richard Mays". Arkansas Democrat Gazette . Archived from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dumas, Ernest (2020-09-03). "Richard Leon Mays (1943–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Archived from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- 1 2 3 "The Honorable Richard Mays, Sr.'s Biography". The HistoryMakers . 2018-03-13. Archived from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ↑ "Arkansas Governor Democratic Primary Election Results and Maps 2022". CNN . April 19, 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.