Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission

Press Releases

Press Releases

Date Subject of Release
11/19/24

03/28/24

02/07/24

09/06/23

07/21/23

03/17/23

02/06/23

JEAC Advisory Opinion 2024-01

Judge Chris Williams (Letter of Resignation)

JEAC Advisory Opinion 2023-02

JEAC Advisory Opinion 2023-01

2024 Nonpartisan Judicial Elections

Judge Ralph Ohm (Letter of Informal Adjustment)

Judicial Campaign Memo

09/29/22 Letter of Sanction and Recommendation of Suspension without pay Judge Robin Carroll
08/26/22 JEAC Advisory Opinion 2022-02
08/01/22 Letter of Censure and Recommendation of Suspension without Pay to Pope County District Judge Don Bourne
05/19/21 Announcement of Judicial Candidacy
03/19/21 JDDC Appointments
03/26/20 Statement to Arkansas Judiciary
01/21/20 JDDC New Commission Members, 2019
08/05/19 Judicial Campaign Memo 
6/26/19 Judicial Ethics Election Training 
6/14/19 Judge Wendall Griffen (Dismissal) 
3/31/19 Announcement of Judicial Candidacy 
2/22/19 Judge Philip Smith (Letter of Reprimand)
11/21/18 Chief Justice John Dan Kemp,Associate Justice Robin Wynne,Associate Justice Courtney Goodson,Associate Justice Jo Hart,Associate Justice Karen Baker,Associate Justice Rhonda Wood, Justice Shawn Womack (Dismissal) 
11/16/18 Judge David Carruth (Letter of Admonishment) 
11/16/18 Judge Jim O’Hern (Letter of Admonishment) 
10/04/18 Justice Shawn Womack (Formal Statement of Charges) 
09/20/18 Chief Justice John Dan Kemp,Associate Justice Robin Wynne,Associate Justice Courtney Goodson,Associate Justice Jo Hart,Associate Justice Karen Baker,Associate Justice Rhonda Wood (Formal Statement of Charges) 
08/20/18 Judge Wendell Griffen (Order, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss)
07/13/18 Judge Mary Spencer McGowan (Letter of Censure) 
06/08/18 Judge Wendell Griffen (Formal Charges Filed) 
11/17/17 Judge Bobby McCallister (Public Announcement of Negotiated Resolution) 
09/20/17 Judicial Election Campaign Training 
07/11/17 Judge Bobby McCallister (Formal Charges Filed) 
06/13/17  Judge Bobby McCallister (Acknowledgement of Open Investigation) 
04/25/17 Judge William “Bill” Pearson (Letter of Admonishment) 
03/28/17 Judge Tom Hughes (Dismissal with Cautionary Language) 
03/17/17 Campaign committees may begin soliciting or accepting contributions on November 23, 2017
03/17/17 Candidates for elective judicial offices may announce their candidacy publicly on May 22, 2017
03/03/17 Judge Wade Naramore (Dismissal of JDDC Case No. 15.245, et. al.) 
02/27/17 Keith Pike, Appointed to Commission
01/03/17 Judge Timothy Parker of Eureka Springs, Arkansas (Letter of Removal from Office) 
12/08/16 Global Anti-Corruption Day, December 9th 
11/18/16 Judge Mary McGowan of Little Rock, Arkansas (Letter of Informal Adjustment) 
07/15/16 James L. Williams II, of Jefferson County, Arkansas (Letter of Informal Adjustment) 
05/09/16  Judge Joseph Boeckmann of Wynne, Arkansas (Letter of Resignation) 
04/06/16 Judge O. Joseph Boeckmann, Jr. (Final Scheduling Order)  
03/18/16 Rule 4.4 of the Code of Judicial Conduct (Solicit and Accept campaign contributions) 
03/07/16 Attorney Judy Simmons Henry of Little Rock, Arkansas (Appointed to the JEAC) 
02/18/16 Judge Wade Naramore of Garland County, Arkansas (Temporary Suspension)  
02/08/16 Judge Joseph Boeckmann, Jr. of Cross County District Court Wynne, Arkansas (Response to Amended Statement of Allegations) 
01/19/16 Judge Joseph Boeckmann of Cross County District Court, Wynne, Arkansas (AMENDED Statement of Allegations) 
01/19/16  Candidate Joe Serebrov of Sheridan, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2015-03) 
12/17/15  Judge Joseph Boeckmann, Jr of Cross County District Court, Wynne, Arkansas (Response to Allegations) 
11/17/15  Judge Joseph Boeckmann of Cross County District Court, Wynne, Arkansas (Statement of Allegations) 
8/27/15 Retired Judge Edwin Alderson appointed as Chairperson for the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee 
7/15/15 Campaign committees may begin soliciting or accepting contributions on September 4, 2015 
5/15/15  Judge Edwin A. Keaton of Camden, Arkansas (Letter of Reprimand) 
5/06/15 Candidates for elective judicial offices may announce their candidacy publicly on May 25, 2015 
5/06/15 Campaign committees established for and on behalf of candidates for judicial elections may begin soliciting or accepting contributions on November 26, 2015 
3/24/15  Former Judicial Candidate Attorney Jeannette Robertson of Craighead County (Letter of Admonishment)  
1/16/15 Judge George Van Hook of El Dorado, Arkansas (Letter of Censure) 
11/21/14 Judge Doug Martin (Letter of Censure) (Press Release) 
9/19/14 Judge Don Bourne (Letter of Informal Adjustment) (Press Release) 
9/11/14 Judge Michael A. Maggio (Per Curiam from Supreme Court of Arkansas) (Press Release) 
8/06/14 Judge Michael A. Maggio (Letter of Suspension and Removal from Office) (Press Release)  
4/08/14 Judge Michael A. Maggio (Press Release)  
3/21/14 Judge Keith Blackman of Craighead County (Letter of Admonishment)  
3/06/14 Ernest Sanders, Jr. of Little Rock, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2014-02)  
2/06/14 Judge Gerald Kent Crow of Berryville, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2013-04) and Judge Bart Virden of Morrilton, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2014-01) 
11/15/13  Judge Philip G. Smith of Pocahontas, Arkansas (Letter of Informal Adjustment) 
10/04/13 2014 Judicial Elections (campaign contributions may be solicited/accepted on November 21, 2013) 
09/20/13 Judge Annie Powell Hendricks of Fort Smith, Arkansas (Letter of Informal Adjustment) 
05/17/13 Judge Gerald Kent Crow of Berryville, Arkansas Carroll County (Letter of Reprimand and Letter of Censure) and Judge Robert Batton of Jacksonville, Arkansas (Letter of Reprimand) 
05/02/13 Judge Ralph Ohm of Hot Springs, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2013-02) 
04/11/13 Judge Stephen Tabor of Fort Smith, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2013-01) 
03/29/13 Judge Robert Bynum Gibson of Monticello, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2013-03) 
10/25/12 Judge Ken Harper of Monticello, Arkansas (Letter of Resignation)  
10/04/12 Judge Sam Pope of Hamburg, AR (Order of Suspension) 
09/26/12 Judge Larry Hayes of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (Letter of Retirement) 
09/20/12 Judge Ken Harper of Monticello, Arkansas (Formal Statement of Charges)  
09/07/12 Judge Sam Pope of Hamburg, AR (Letter of Suspension without Pay) 
04/27/12 Judge Brad Karren of Rogers, Arkansas (Letter of Reprimand) and Judge Edwin Keaton of Camden, Arkansas (Letter of Censure) 
11/18/11 Judge Mary Ann Gunn of Fayetteville, Arkansas (Public Dismissal Letter) 
11/18/11 Judge Ken Harper of Monticello, Arkansas (Letter of Public Reprimand and Letter of Censure) 
05/05/11 Judge L.T. Simes of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas (Letter of Reprimand) 
03/18/11 Judge Joseph Boeckmann of Wynne, Arkansas (Letter of Admonishment) 
01/14/11 Judge Stanley Ludwig of Springdale, Arkansas (Letter of Resignation)  
11/19/10 Judge L.T. Simes of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas (Findings and Recommendations) 
09/28/10 Judge L.T. Simes of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas (Report and Recommendation of Panel)  
09/01/10 Judge Mary Ann Gunn of Fayetteville, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion 2010-01) 
03/19/10 Judge Barry Sims of Little Rock, Arkansas (Letter of Admonishment) and Judge Mark Johnson of Ash Flat, Arkansas (Letter of Admonishment) 
01/25/10 Judge Willard Proctor of Little Rock, Arkansas (Supreme Court Mandate to remove Judge Willard Proctor) 
11/05/09 Judge L.T. Simes of Helena, Arkansas (Order of Suspension) 
08/20/09 Advisory Opinion 2009-04, Issues in Judicial Campaigns–New Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct, effective July 1, 2009 
08/18/09 Judge Donald E. Warren, Sr of Altheimer, Arkansas (Letter of Resignation) 
06/22/09 Judge John Fogleman of Marion, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion)  
01/16/09 Judge Edwin Keaton of Camden (Letter of Reprimand) 
01/16/09 Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Jim Gunter (Letter of Reprimand) 
01/16/09 Judge L.T.Simes of Helena, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
12/17/08 Judge L.T. Simes of Helena, Arkansas (Formal Statement of Charges) and Special Judge Donald Warren of Jefferson County, Arkansas (Formal Statement of Charges) 
12/17/08 Judge Mark Leverett of Little Rock, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion)  
11/21/08 Judge Mary McGowan of Little Rock, AR and Judge L.T. Simes of West Helena, AR (Letter of Reprimand) 
08/28/08 Judge John N. Fogleman, Marion, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
08/26/08 Judge Charles E. Clawson, Jr, Conway, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
08/06/08 Judge Stephen Tedder, DeQueen, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
03/12/08 Judge Stephen Choate, Heber Springs, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
02/28/08 Judicial Candidate Laurie A. Bridewell, Lake Village, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
10/18/07 Judge Marion A. Humphrey, Little Rock, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
08/08/07 Judge Wendell Griffen, Little Rock, Arkansas 
04/03/07 Circuit Judge James A. Cox of Fort Smith, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
04/18/07 Attorney Cathleen Compton of Little Rock, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
10/30/06 Attorney Ray Spruell of Jonesboro, Arkansas 
06/13/06 District Judge Phil Shoffner of Searcy, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
5/24/06 Final Actions for Judge L.T. Simes of West Helena, Arkansas and Judge Jim Bob Steel of Nashville, Arkansas
05/22/06 Appointment of Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee members 
05/08/06 Circuit Judge Marion Humphrey of Little Rock, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
02/16/06 Judge David Stewart of Little Rock, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
01/30/06 Attorney Ray Spruell of Jonesboro, Arkansas 
12/07/05 Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Dawson of Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
12/07/05 Circuit Court Judge David N. Laser of Jonesboro, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
06/10/05 Judge Fred D. Davis, III, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Final Decision and Order and Dissenting Opinion 
06/03/05 City Court Judge Steven G. Howard of Tuckerman and Swifton, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
05/24/05 District Court Judge Herbert T. Wright of Wrightsville, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
05/12/05 Attorney Kenneth B. Baim of Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
04/29/05 District Court Judge David Stewart of Little Rock, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
01/19/05 Jackson County District Court Judge Barbara A. Griffin (Advisory Opinion) 
11/30/04 Nashville/Howard County District Court Judge Edwin J. Alford 
10/19/04 Phillips County Circuit Court Judge L. T. Simes 
08/24/04 Circuit Court Judge Craig Hannah of Searcy, Arkansas (Advisory Opinion) 
06/28/04 Judge Fred D. Davis, III 
06/15/04 Judge John Homer Wright of Hot Springs, Arkansas. (Advisory Opinion) 
05/27/04 Court of Appeals Judge Terry Crabtree (Advisory Opinion) 
05/25/04 Benton Court Circuit Judge Jay Finch 
05/10/04 Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson, Jr. of Mississippi County, AR (Advisory Opinion) 
03/05/04 Circuit Court Judge Mary Ann Gunn of Washington and Madison Counties, AR (Advisory Opinion) 

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