Commission Final Actions
Issued by the JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE & DISABILITY COMMISSION
On May 14, 1990 the Supreme Court eliminated a private reprimand as a possible sanction that could be imposed by the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission. Prior to that date, the Commission issued private reprimands to three (3) separate judges.
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2024
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Judge Chris E. Williams | March 30, 2024 | Letter of Resignation |
2023
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Judge Ralph Ohm | March 17, 2023 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
| Judge Chaney Taylor | July 21, 2023 | Letter of Admonishment |
2022
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Judge Brad Karren | January 21, 2022 | Letter of Censure and Remedial Measures |
| Judge Don Bourne | August 1, 2022 | Letter of Censure and Recommendation of Suspension without Pay |
| Judge Robin Carroll | September 29, 2022 | Letter of Sanction and Recommendation of Suspension without Pay |
2021
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Judge Barry Sims | May 21, 2021 | Letter of Censure and Recommendation of Suspension |
| Judge Jerry Ryan | March 19, 2021 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
| Judge Dale Lipsmeyer | March 19, 2021 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
2020
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Judge John Throesch | May 1, 2020 | Removal From Office |
2019
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Judge Wendall Griffen | 6/14/19 | Dismissal |
| Judge Philip Smith | 2/22/19 | Letter of Reprimand |
2018
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Chief Justice John Dan Kemp,Associate Justice Robin Wynne,Associate Justice Courtney Goodson,Associate Justice Jo Hart,Associate Justice Karen Baker,Associate Justice Rhonda Wood, Justice Shawn Womack | 11/21/2018 | Dismissed |
| Judge David Carruth | 11/16/2018 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Judge Jim O’Hern | 11/16/2018 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Justice Shawn Womack | 10/04/2018 | Formal Statement of Charges |
| Chief Justice John Dan Kemp,Associate Justice Robin Wynne,Associate Justice Courtney Goodson,Associate Justice Jo Hart,Associate Justice Karen Baker,Associate Justice Rhonda Wood | 09/20/2018 | Formal Statement of Charges |
| Mary Spencer McGowan | 07/13/2018 | Letter of Censure |
| Wendell Griffen | 06/08/18 | Formal Statement Of Charges |
2017
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| William “Bill” Pearson | 04/25/2017 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Tom Hughes | 03/28/2017 | Dismissal with Cautionary Instruction |
| Wade Naramore | 03/03/2017 | Dismissal Notice |
| Timothy Parker | 01/03/2017 | Letter of Removal from Office |
2016
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Mary McGowan | 11/18/2016 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
| Attorney James L. Williams | 07/15/2016 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
| O. Joseph Boeckmann | 05/09/2016 | Letter of Resignation |
2015
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Former Judicial Candidate Attorney Jeanette Robertson | 03/20/2015 | Letter of Admonishment |
| George Van Hook, Jr. | 01/15/2015 | Letter of Censure |
2014
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Doug Martin | 11/21/14 | Letter of Censure |
| Don Bourne | 09/19/2014 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
| Michael A. Maggio | 09/11/2014 | Per Curiam For Supreme Court of Arkansas |
| Michael A. Maggio | 08/06/2014 | Letter of Suspension and Removal from Office |
| Keith Blackman | 03/21/2014 | Letter of Informal Admonishment |
2013
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Philip G. Smith | 11/15/2013 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
| Annie Powell Hendricks | 09/20/2013 | Letter of Informal Adjustment |
| Gerald Kent Crow | 05/17/2013 | Letter of Reprimand and Letter of Censure |
| Robert Batton | 05/17/2013 | Letter of Reprimand |
2012
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Ken Harper | 10/25/2012 | Letter of Resignation |
| Sam Pope | 10/04/2012 | Order of Suspension |
| Larry Hayes | 09/26/2012 | Letter of Retirement |
| Ken Harper | 09/20/2012 | Formal Statement of Charges |
| Sam Pope | 09/07/2012 | Letter of Suspension without Pay |
| Brad Karren | 04/27/2012 | Letter of Reprimand |
| Edwin Keaton | 04/27/2012 | Letter of Censure |
2011
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Mary Ann Gunn | 11/18/2011 | Public Dismissal Letter |
| Kenneth Harper | 11/18/2011 | Letter of Public Reprimand and Letter of Censure |
| L.T. Simes | 05/05/2011 | Letter of Reprimand |
| Joseph Boeckmann | 03/18/2011 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Stanley Ludwig | 01/14/2011 | Letter of Resignation |
2010
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Mark Johnson | 03/19/2010 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Barry Sims | 03/19/2010 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Willard Proctor, Jr. | 01/25/2010 | Supreme Court Mandate to Remove |
2009
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| L.T. Simes | 11/05/2009 | Order of Suspension |
| Jerry Patterson | 09/18/2009 | Dismissed without prejudice |
| Donald E. Warren, Sr. | 08/18/2009 | Letter of Resignation |
| Edwin Keaton | 01/16/2009 | Letter of Reprimand |
| Jim Gunter | 01/16/2009 | Letter of Reprimand |
2008
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Donald Warren | 12/17/2008 | Formal Statement of Charges |
| L.T. Simes | 11/21/2008 | Formal Statement of Charges |
| Mary McGowan | 11/21/2008 | Letter of Reprimand |
| L.T. Simes | 11/21/2008 | Letter of Reprimand |
| Phillip Smith | 07/18/2008 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Elizabeth Wise | 04/18/2008 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Stanley Ludwig | 03/21/2008 | Letter of Reprimand |
2007
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Thomas Brown | 01/10/2008 | Letter of Resignation |
| Norman Wilkinson | 02/16/2007 | Retirement from office during investigation |
2006
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| L.T. Simes | 05/24/2006 | Letter of Admonition |
| Jim Bob Steel | 05/24/2006 | Letter of Resignation and Agreement never to serve in the Arkansas Judiciary |
2005
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Frank D. Davis, III | 06/09/2005 | Censure with Findings |
2004
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Edwin J. Alford | 11/19/2004 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Fred D. Davis, III. | 07/13/2004 | Suspension from office with pay |
| L. T. Simes | 10/15/2004 | Informal Adjustment |
| William Watt | 08/11/2004 | Modification of Resignation June 18, 1996 agreement |
| J. Finch | 05/24/2004 | Letter of Admonishment |
2003
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| W. Q. Hall | 11/18/2003 | Letter of Resignation and Agreement to never serve in the Arkansas Judiciary |
| Rodney P. Owens | 01/09/2003 | Letter of Resignation and Agreement to never serve in the Arkansas Judiciary |
2002
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Wendell L. Griffen | 11/20/2002 | Letter of Admonishment Withdrawn |
| Phil Shoffner | 11/19/2002 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Russell “Jack” Roberts | 11/18/2002 | Informal Adjustment |
| Stephen P. Sawyer | 09/20/2002 | Letter of Admonition |
| Sam Whitfield | 09/20/2002 | Letter of Resignation and Agreement to Never Serve in the Arkansas Judiciary |
2001
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Stephen D. Lawrence | 12/20/2001 | Letter of Resignation & Agreement to Never Serve in the Arkansas Judiciary |
| Rodney Owens | 12/20/2001 | Voluntary Suspension Pending Dispassion of Criminal Charges |
| William P. Rainey | 09/24/2001 | Letter of Admonition |
| Robert Batton | 09/24/2001 | Letter of Admonition |
| Roy Thomas | 08/08/2001 | Letter of Resignation and Agreement to Never Serve in the Arkansas Judiciary |
| John E. Jennings | 02/08/2001 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Fred D. Davis | 02/08/2001 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Bill Ross | 02/08/2001 | Letter of Final Action & Memorandum of Understanding |
2000
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Fred D. Davis III | 1/21/2000 | Letter of Admonishment and Mandatory Counseling |
| Gary Isbell | 01/21/2000 | Informal Resolution |
| Judith Rogers | 03/22/2000 | Early Retirement |
| Morris Thompson | 05/10/2000 | Removed from Office |
| Donald Huffman | 07/22/2000 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Sam Whitfield | 07/22/2000 | Letter of Admonishment |
| Berlin Jones | 09/22/2000 | Reprimand-Final Decision and Order |
1999
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Tom J. Keith | 01/15/1999 | Letter of Admonition |
| W. Q. Hall | 03/12/1999 | Letter of Admonition |
| Steve Inboden | 03/12/1999 | Letter of Admonition |
| Lee Munson | 09/17/1999 | Letter of Admonition |
| W.Q. Hall | 11/19/1999 | Letter of Admonition |
| John Norman Harkey | 11/19/1999 | Informal Resolution |
| Jim Bob Steel | 11/19/1999 | Letter of Reprimand, Final Decision and Order |
| Morris Thompson | 12/16/1999 | Recommendation- Removal from Office |
1998
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Jack Lewis | 07/17/1998 | Letter of Admonition |
| Gayle Ford | 09/18/1998 | Informal Adjustment |
| Edwin Keaton | 09/18/1998 | Letter of Admonition |
| Benny Swindell | 11/11/1998 | Retirement from Office during Investigation |
| William McKimm | 11/20/1998 | Censure |
1997
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Olly Neal | 01/17/1997 | Letter of Admonition |
| Jerry Patterson | 01/17/1997 | Letter of Admonition |
| Fred D. Davis., III | 04/23/1997 | Reprimand |
| Durwood King | 05/21/1997 | Reprimand |
| William McKimm | 05/21/1997 | Informal Adjustment |
| Stephen E. Morley | 08/07/1997 | Resignation from Office prior to Formal Disciplinary Hearing |
| Stephen Choate | 09/19/1997 | Letter of Admonition |
| Fred Davis, III | 09/19/1997 | Letter of Admonition |
| Scott Adams | 09/19/1997 | Letter of Admonition |
| Larry Hayes | 09/19/1997 | Letter of Admonition |
1996
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Thomas Brown | 01/19/1996 | Letter of Admonition |
| William W. Watt | 06/17/1996 | Resignation from Office During Investigation |
| Russell Rogers | 11/15/1996 | Letter of Admonition |
| Stephen S. Thomas | 11/15/1996 | Suspension Without Pay for Six (6) Months |
1995
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Scott Adams | 01/20/1995 | Letter of Admonition |
| Max Harrison | 01/20/1995 | Letter of Admonition |
| Les Evitts | 05/19/1995 | Letter of Admonition |
| David Reynolds | 05/19/1995 | Letter of Admonition |
| Fred D. Davis III | 09/15/1995 | Letter of Admonition |
| Roy Thomas | 11/17/1995 | Letter of Admonition |
| Stephen S. Thomas | 12/18/1995 | Suspension with Pay |
1994
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Charles Plunkett | 03/15/1994 | Retirement from Office during Investigation |
| Van Taylor | 07/18/1994 | Letter of Admonition |
| John Plegge | 09/20/1994 | Informal Adjustment |
1993
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Marcia Brinton | 01/21/1993 | Informal Adjustment |
| David Hale | 10/22/1993 | Resignation from Office during Investigation |
| Jack Lewis | 11/23/1993 | Letter of Admonition |
1992
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Joel C. Cole | 09/14/1992 | Censure |
| Bill Watt | 11/24/1992 | Letter of Admonition |
| Ray Hodnett | 11/24/1992 | Letter of Admonition |
1991
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Scott Adams | 02/20/1991 | Letter of Admonition |
| Ted Capeheart | 05/20/1991 | Letter of Admonition |
| Lee Munson | 06/25/1991 | Letter of Admonition |
1990
| Judge | Disposition Date | Disposition |
| Williams P. Switzer | 02/12/1990 | Suspension from Office with Pay |
| Terry P. Diggs | 04/18/1990 | Letter of Resignation |
| Paul H. Jackson | 05/07/1990 | Suspension from Office with Pay |
| Van B. Taylor | 07/24/1990 | Letter of Admonition |
| Tom Keith | 07/24/1990 | Letter of Admonition |
| Paul H. Jackson | 11/13/1990 | Letter of Resignation |
| Francis Donovan | 11/16/1990 | Letter of Admonition |
| Francis T. Donovan | 11/16/1990 | Letter of Admonishment Withdrawn |
