Lawyers

Benjamin Joseph Altheimer Sr. (1878–1946)
Benjamin Joseph Altheimer Sr. was a lawyer and philanthropist who was known as a “real trailblazer” in pro...
Arkansas Bar Association
The Arkansas Bar Association, established in 1898, is a voluntary bar association with over 5,100 attorney mem...
David Love Armstrong (1941–2017)
David L. Armstrong was born in Arkansas but had a long and distinguished career in Kentucky law and politics, ...
Richard Bernard Atkinson (1946–2005)
Richard B. Atkinson was the tenth dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville (Washington...
Office of Attorney General
The attorney general, one of the state’s seven constitutional offices, is the state’s top law enforcement ...
James Woodson Bates (1788–1846)
James Woodson Bates was an early Arkansas settler who was elected as the first Arkansas territorial representa...
Bruce Bennett (1917–1979)
Bruce Bennett was Arkansas’s attorney general from 1957 to 1960 and from 1963 to 1966. As the state’s lead...
John E. Bennett (1833–1893)
Born and educated in western New York state, John Emory Bennett moved to Arkansas after the Civil War and had ...
Edwin Ruthvin (Ed) Bethune Jr. (1935–)
Edwin Ruthvin (Ed) Bethune Jr., a lawyer and lobbyist in Washington DC, served as a Republican member of the U...
Hugh M. Bland (1898–1967)
Hugh M. Bland was born in northwestern Arkansas, but his father, a poor and restless farmer, took the family b...
Joseph Robert Booker (1895–1960)
Joseph Robert Booker was a Little Rock (Pulaski County) lawyer and a member of one of the most prominent Afric...
William Harvey Bowen (1923–2014)
William Harvey Bowen was a senior partner in Arkansas’s largest law firm, president of the state’s largest...
Wiley Austin Branton Sr. (1923–1988)
Wiley Austin Branton was a civil rights leader in Arkansas who helped desegregate the University of Arkansas S...
Ulysses Simpson Bratton (1868–1947)
Ulysses S. Bratton was a prominent Arkansas attorney in the first part of the twentieth century. His advocacy ...
Stephen Brundidge Jr. (1857–1938)
Stephen Brundidge Jr. was a prosecuting attorney, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, and a si...
John Winston Bryant (1938–)
John Winston Bryant is an Arkansas politician and attorney who held an array of high-level offices in state go...
Richard Colburn Butler III (1937–2020)
Richard Colburn Butler III was a noted historic preservationist who saved historic buildings in Little Rock (P...
Richard Colburn Butler Sr. (1910–1999)
Richard Colburn Butler Sr. was a lawyer, banker, real estate investor, philanthropist, and horticulturist who ...
Deaderick Harrell (D. H.) Cantrell (1868–1934)
Deaderick Harrell (D. H.) Cantrell was a Little Rock (Pulaski County) lawyer and prominent citizen in the late...
John Hugh Carmichael (1868–1950)
John Hugh Carmichael was a prominent Little Rock (Pulaski County) attorney, politician, and judge. He was the ...
Cornelius Tyree Carpenter (1874–1945)
Cornelius Tyree (C. T.) Carpenter was an educator, minister, and attorney in northeastern Arkansas. In additio...
William Neal (Bill) Carter (1936–)
Bill Carter is a lawyer, former Secret Service agent, music manager and promoter, and author. He is best known...
Frank Edwin Chowning (1894–1981)
Frank Chowning was a longtime Little Rock (Pulaski County) attorney. He was also a plant enthusiast whose work...
William Henry Harrison Clayton (1840–1920)
William H. H. Clayton moved to Arkansas in 1864 and like his brothers, Powell Clayton and John Middleton Clayt...
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (1828–1864)
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne became the highest-ranking Irish-born officer in American military history, attaining...
Mathias Abraham Cohn (1824–1901)
Mathias Abraham Cohn was a businessman, newspaperman, educator, elected official, and lawyer who immigrated to...
Morris M. Cohn (1852–1922)
Morris M. Cohn was a nationally recognized lawyer, an author who published articles on a wide variety of subje...
Constitutional Conventions
A constitutional convention is a meeting of delegates to establish a document that serves as the framework for...
L. Clifford Davis (1924–)
L. Clifford Davis is an attorney whose active participation in the legal challenges of the civil rights moveme...
Benjamin Taylor DuVal (1823–1905)
Benjamin Taylor (Ben) DuVal was a Fort Smith (Sebastian County) lawyer and a Democratic politician who served ...
Clayton Ponder (Clay) Farrar Jr. (1950–2021)
Clayton Ponder (Clay) Farrar Jr. was a longtime civic leader in Hot Springs (Garland County) as well as a resp...
Oscar Fendler (1909–2002)
Oscar Fendler was a prominent Arkansas lawyer who, during his nearly seven decades practicing law in Blythevil...