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Meet the New Arkansas Supreme Court and Arkansas Court of Appeals Judges Arkansas Supreme Court Three Supreme Court justices were sworn in on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, in the courtroom at the Justice Building. Justice Karen Baker was reelected to serve an eight-year term. Court of Appeals Judges Rhonda Wood and Robin Wynne were both elected to eightyear terms on the Supreme Court. The ceremony was historic, as Arkansas will have its first femalemajority court. The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court was Elsijane Trimble Roy, who was appointed to complete a term from 1975-1977. Justice Annabelle Imber Tuck was the first woman to be elected to the Supreme Court. She served from 1997 until her retirement in 2009. The new and reelected Court of Appeals judges were sworn in on January 30, 2015, at the Justice Building. Information courtesy of the Arkansas Judiciary website.
Judge Mike Kinard District 5 14
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Associate Justice Karen R. Baker Position 6
Associate Justice Rhonda K. Wood Position 7
Associate Justice Robin F. Wynne Position 2
Arkansas Court of Appeals
Judge Ray Abramson District 1, Position 1
Judge Kenneth Hixson District 3, Position 2
Judge Cliff Hoofman District 2, Position 2
Judge Larry Vaught District 6, Position 2
Judge Bart Virden District 2, Position 1
Judge Phillip Whiteaker District 1, Position 2