Justice Rhonda Wood
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice
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Family
Judicial Experience
Judicial Experience
Married to Dr. Michael Wood
Mother to Ashley, Brittney, Kyle, & Sean
Judicial Experience
Judicial Experience
Judicial Experience
Judge Rhonda Wood was a Trial Judge from 2007- 2013
Judicial Experience
Associate Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court 2015- current
Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals
2013-2015
Justice Rhonda Wood
Justice Wood has served as a Judge since 2007. She spent 6 years on the trial bench representing Faulkner, Van Buren, & Searcy counties. In 2012, she was elected to the Arkansas Court of Appeals. In 2014, Justice Rhonda Wood was elected to to the Arkansas Supreme Court where she currently serves as an Associate Justic
Justice Rhonda Wood connects with community
Chairs the Arkansas Commission on Children, Youth, & Families
Speaks to community groups across the State of Arkansas
Welcomes the public to the Justice Building & Arkansas Supreme Court
Justice Rhonda Wood packing food for Arkansas foodbanks with Arkansas Bar Association members.
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Education:
B.A. magna cum laude, with distinction in Politics, Hendrix College; J.D., UALR Bowen School of Law, highest honors, 1999
Law Practice or Teaching Areas:
- Wood Law Firm (Conway); Williams & Anderson PLC (Little Rock); Focus: appellate law, health law, and business law; practiced in Arkansas federal trial and appellate courts.
- Assistant Dean, UALR Bowen School of Law. Focus: student admissions, teaching health law and business law, founding the externship program, coaching Moot Court;
- Certified Faculty, National Center for State Courts; Frequent lecturer and presenter for Arkansas Bar Association, Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts, local county bar associations, community organizations.
- Adjunct Faculty, UA Bowen School of Law
Judicial Experience:
- Circuit Judge, 20th Judicial District, 2007-2012
- Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge, 2013-2014
- Arkansas Supreme Court, Associate Justice, 2015- current
Associations:
- Chair, Arkansas Commission on Children, Youth, & Families 2014- current;
- Advisory Council, Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas
- Arkansas Judicial Council. Committee for Education, Committee for Long-Range Planning, Committee for Racial and Gender Equality, and Committee for Juvenile Drug Court(Co-Chair);
- Arkansas Bar Association. Committee for Health Law (Co-Chair), Committee for Find-a-Lawyer (Chair); Law School Committee six-year delegate to the Arkansas Bar Association, and Legislative Liaison for Health Law; Faulkner County Bar Association;
- Juvenile Justice Reform Board, Gov. Hutchinson appointee
- Conway Housing Authority – Hearing Officer
- Conway Interfaith Clinic – Founding Board Member;
- Boys & Girls Club – Nominating Committee
- Faulkner County Teen Court – Founder
- Faulkner County Juvenile Drug Court – Founder
Publications:
Contributor, Arkansas Bar Association, HIPAA Preemption Analysis for the State of Arkansas (2003); Contributor, Arkansas Bar Association, Arkansas Public Health Bench Book (2009).
Awards:
Henry Toll Fellow; Making an Impact Award- 20th Judicial District Law Enforcement; Arkansas Bar Association Outstanding Service Award, Recipient (five-time): Best Continuing Legal Education Presentation, by Arkansas Bar Association; Arkansas Elected Official of the Year, by Arkansas Federation of Business and Professional Women; Community Leader of the Year, by Conway Rotary Club; Outstanding Judicial Newcomer- CASA
Other:
Top Score on the Arkansas Bar Examination; Arkansas Business’s “Forty Under Forty.”
