Draft:W. H. "Dub" Arnold

William Howard "Dub" Arnold (May 19, 1935 – February 1, 2023) was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1997 to 2003.

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Born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Arkadelphia High School, 1954. Henderson State Teachers College, degree in economics, 1957. Arkansas Law School, 1962.

"Elected to be the Prosecuting Attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit in 1969. In 1973, he was appointed to be the Chairman of the Arkansas Worker’s Compensation Commission. He returned to Arkadelphia in 1978 where he was elected to be Arkadelphia’s Municipal Judge. Arnold was elected to be the Prosecuting Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit again in 1980 and a Circuit Judge in 1990. He was elected to be Chief Justice in 1996 where he served until 2003 when he retired."

Externals links

 * Interview with W.H. "Dub" Arnold, Arkansas Supreme Court Project, Arkansas Supreme Court Historical Society, Benton, Arkansas, December 13, 2012, Interviewer: Ernest Dumas

Category:1935 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court


 * This open draft remains in progress as of July 5, 2023.