How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas / Joined 2007 / Served to 2008

Brian Stacy Miller

Judge, Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Brian Stacy Miller was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas, who joined the court in 2007. He earned a law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1995. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1967 · age 59
Tenure: 2007–2008 · 1 yr
Education: University of Central Arkansas 1992 · Vanderbilt

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Court of Appeals of Arkansas	–	–

Education

University of Central Arkansas	B.S.	1992
Vanderbilt University	J.D.	1995

Judicial Record

In our data, Miller authored 5 published opinions for the court (2007–2008), plus 1 dissent and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Coleman v. Pro Transportation, Inc. (14 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 7 of these were attributed to Miller by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2007	Coleman v. Pro Transportation, Inc.†	249 S.W.3d 149	14
2007	Baldridge v. Baldridge†	265 S.W.3d 146	5
2007	Champlin v. State†	254 S.W.3d 780	4
2008	Powell v. Lane†	275 S.W.3d 666	3
2008	Lewis v. State†	272 S.W.3d 113	2
2007	Toia v. HTI LOGISTICS· Concurrence†	268 S.W.3d 334	2
2007	Public Employee Claims Division v. Keys· Dissent†	99 Ark. App. 77	1

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Brian Stacy Miller on?: Brian Stacy Miller was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

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1 year on the Court of Appeals of Arkansas. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).