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Born St. Louis, Missouri, October
5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Arkansas; 1979, U.S.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Court
of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits and U.S.
District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma; U.S.
District Court, Western District of Arkansas.
Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1973);
Harvard University (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa.
Recipient, Writing Excellence Award, Arkansas Bar
Foundation, 1994. Contributing Editor, Handling
Appeals in Arkansas, 1997. Author: "Shaw v. Reno:
Will it Turn Out Like Koresh v. Reno?" Arkansas
Lawyer, 1994. Co-editor, "Proposed Arkansas Model
Contract Jury Instructions," 20 U.A.L.R. Law Journal
1 (1997). Special Justice Supreme Court of Arkansas,
1999. Instructor of Law, University of Arkansas
School of Law, 1977-1978. Visiting Instructor of
Law, Trial Advocacy Program, Harvard University,
1979 and 1980. Law Clerk to Hon. H. Franklin Waters,
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District
of Arkansas, 1986-1987. Member, State Board of Law
Examiners, 1966. Member, Editorial Advisory Board,
Arkansas Lawyer Magazine, 1994-1996. President, Fort
Smith Heritage Foundation, 1997. Member: Sebastian
County and Arkansas (Co-Chairman, Jury Instructions
Committee, Business Law Section) Bar Associations.
Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation.
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