Karen R. Baker
Arkansas Supreme Court
Date Elected or Appointed to Current Position:
2010
Education:
Clinton High School, Clinton, AR - 1981 Arkansas Tech University, B.S. - 1983 University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D. - 1987
Law-Related Employment:
Public Defender Van Buren and Searcy Counties 1989-95
Law Practice or Teaching Areas:
Private Law Practice 1987-95
Prior Judicial Experience:
20th Judicial District Circuit/Chancery/Juvenile Judge 1995-96, 20th Judicial District Circuit/Chancery Judge 1997-2000, Associate Judge Arkansas Court of Appeals 2001-2010, Associate Justice Arkansas Supreme Court 2011 - present
Associations:
Arkansas Judicial Council; Arkansas Bar Association; American Bar Association; Van Buren/Searcy County Bar Association- Past President and Member; Faulkner County Bar Association, Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers.
Other:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Law Journal Member; Assistant Casenote Editor; Survey of Arkansas Workers Compensation Law; Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board, Supreme Court Liaison; Arkansas Professional Practicum Committee, Supreme Court Liaison.
- Justice
- Arkansas Supreme Court
- - Current
- Associate Judge
- Arkansas Court of Appeals
- -
- Judge
- Judicial District Circuit, State of Arkansas
- -
- Juvenile Judge
- Judicial District Circuit, State of Alabama
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- University of Arkansas School of Law
- J.D. (1987) | Law
- Arkansas Tech University
- B.S. (1983)
- Arkansas Judicial Council
- Member
- Current
- Arkansas Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Van Buren/Searcy County Bar Association
- Member and Past President
- Current
- Faulkner County Bar Association
- Member
- Current