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

Sarah J. Heffley

Judge, Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Sarah J. Heffley was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas, who joined the court in 2007. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 2007–2008 · 1 yr

Judicial service

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

Education

Harding University
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Judicial Record

In our data, Heffley authored 25 published opinions for the court (2007–2008), plus 5 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Parker v. Comcast Cable Corp. (32 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. 9 of these were attributed to Heffley 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	Parker v. Comcast Cable Corp.	269 S.W.3d 391	32
2008	Fields v. Arkansas Department of Human Services	289 S.W.3d 134	20
2008	Hicks v. Cook· Dissent†	288 S.W.3d 244	19
2007	Schmidt v. Stearman	253 S.W.3d 35	18
2008	Roberts v. Whirlpool	284 S.W.3d 100	17
2007	Magic Touch Corp. v. Hicks	260 S.W.3d 322	15
2007	Allen v. Allen	259 S.W.3d 480	12
2007	Calvert v. Estate of Calvert· Concurrence†	259 S.W.3d 456	10
2008	Mainard v. State	283 S.W.3d 627	9
2008	Young v. Young	278 S.W.3d 603	6
2008	Walker v. Cooper Standard Automotive· Dissent†	289 S.W.3d 184	5
2008	Terminix International Co. v. Trivitt	289 S.W.3d 485	5
2008	Clemmerson v. Arkansas Department of Human Services· Concurrence†	279 S.W.3d 484	5
2008	Sharp v. Keeler· Dissent†	288 S.W.3d 256	4
2008	Born v. Hodges· Concurrence†	271 S.W.3d 526	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 33 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 Sarah J. Heffley on?: Sarah J. Heffley was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Sources

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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).