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Herb Rule
Herb has spent his entire life in the Natural State, his stint as a U.S. Marine and Yale University student being the only interruptions in his long and storied Arkansas residency. Born in 1937 in Little Rock, Herb was the second of three children of Dora and Herbert C. Rule, Jr. and grandson of a Presbyterian minister.

Education and Military Service
Attending Little Rock schools he graduated from Central High School in 1955, receiving an NROTC scholarship to attend Yale University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1959. Herb entered active duty as a Marine with the 3rd Marine Division serving in the Far East. After his tour of duty, he served an additional six years in the Marine Corps Reserve while attending the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where he graduated third in his class in 1964 with his juris doctorate and passing the Arkansas Bar in the same year.

Occupation
As a member of Rose Law Firm from 1964 to 2012, Herb practiced law in the areas of utility rate regulation, environmental, labor, bankruptcy, real estate and commercial lending and litigation, oil and gas, and eminent domain. In his 48 year legal career, Herb has tried over 100 trials, 65 appeals and has appeared before the Arkansas Supreme Court.

In addition to his legal career, Herb has farmed soybeans, rice and corn near Keo, Arkansas; has been a real estate developer; co-owned a restaurant; and was a board member and stockholder of a plywood startup company in the Arkansas delta. His public service includes serving two terms in the Arkansas General Assembly and six years on the Little Rock School Board where he led the school modernization. While serving in the Arkansas General Assembly, Herb sponsored significant parts of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller’s reform legislation while maintaining a balanced budget.

Community
Herb is heavily involved with numerous civic, community and professional organizations, including Kiwanis, United Way, LRSD Volunteers in Public Schools, Our House, Presbyterian Village, Arkansas Repertory Theatre (the Rep), the Arkansas Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Public Office
Elected to two terms in the Arkansas House or Representatives in 1966.

Elected to the Little Rock School District School Board and served from