Alma mater

University of Arkansas

52 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Paul X Williams	B.A.	Judge	1929
Henry Woods	B.A.	Judge	1938
Henry Woods	B.A.	Justice	1938
George Howard Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1954
Hugh Franklin Waters	B.S.Ag.E.	Judge	1955
Robert Toombs Dawson	B.A.	Judge	1960
William Ray Overton	B.A., B.S.	Judge	1961
James Maxwell Moody	B.S.I.M.	Judge	1962
Jimm Larry Hendren	B.A.	Judge	1964
Morris Sheppard Arnold	B.S.E.E.	Judge	1965
Stephen M. Reasoner	B.A.	Judge	1966
David Folsom	B.A.	Judge	1969
Susan Webber Wright	M.P.A.	Judge	1973
Robert A. Junell	M.S.	Judge	1974
Susan Owens Hickey	B.A.	Judge	1977
Lavenski R. Smith	B.A.	Judge	1981
Lavenski R. Smith	B.A.	Justice	1981
James Maxwell Moody Jr.	B.S.B.A.	Judge	1986
Leanne Johnson		Justice	1986
Timothy Lloyd Brooks	B.S.B.A.	Judge	1986
Adrienne Camille Nelson	B.A.	Judge	1989
Leslie Lester Osborne		Justice	1994
Martha Ruthie Hagan	Education, Higher Education	U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	2003
Betty Dickey		Justice	–
Bill Walmsley		Judge	–
Brandon Harrison		Judge	–
Cliff Hoofman		Judge	–
Conley Byrd		Justice	–
Courtney Hudson Goodson		Justice	–
Courtney Hudson Goodson		Judge	–
David M. Glover		Judge	–
Doug Martin		Judge	–
Edgar L. McHaney		Justice	–
George Howard Jr.		Judge	–
Griffin Smith		Justice	–
Jack Holt Jr.		Justice	–
Jim Gunter		Justice	–
John Albert Fogleman		Justice	–
John I. Purtle		Justice	–
Kenneth Hixson		Judge	–
Larry D. Vaught		Judge	–
Lee Seamster		Justice	–
Margaret H. Downie		Judge	–
Marian Fox Penix		Judge	–
Michael Kinard		Judge	–
Nancy Rahmeyer		Judge	–
Osro Cobb		Justice	–
Otis H. Turner		Justice	–
Raymond Abramson		Judge	–
Richard B. Adkisson		Justice	–
Sam Bird		Judge	–
Terry Crabtree		Judge	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.