Shawn Womack

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Shawn Womack
Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 1, 2017
Preceded byPaul Danielson
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 1st district
In office
2003-2009
Succeeded byJohnny R. Key
Arkansas State Representative
for Baxter County
In office
1999–2003
Personal details
Born (1972-08-13) August 13, 1972 (age 51)
Attorney

Shawn Womack (born August 13, 1972) is an American lawyer and judge serving as an associate justice of the

state senator for District 1, which includes his own Baxter County. During part of his Senate tenure, Womack was the Senate Minority Leader. From 1999 to 2003, he was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.[1]

A native of

United States Supreme Court
.

He has been recognized by the Arkansas District Judges Council, Arkansas State University, the Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association, the AARP, the Arkansas Volunteer Lawyers for the elderly, the Arkansas Municipal Police Association, the Arkansas Environmental Federation, the American Heart Association, and the Arkansas Judicial Council. The American Family Association of Arkansas gave him an 80% evaluation.

In October 2018, Womack was among seven judges accused of violating judicial rules in dealing with lower court judge Wendell Griffen.[2] A month later, an eight-member panel of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission dismissed the charges.[3]

Womack graduated from Mountain Home High School, the University of Central Arkansas in Conway with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Accounting, and the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville.[4] Womack is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity (Nu-Kappa/University of Central Arkansas).

Womack is married to Melinda, and the couple has two children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Womack prepping to go from judge to justice". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  2. ^ "7th Arkansas Supreme Court justice now faces ethics charges". Arkansas Online. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  3. ^ "Arkansas Supreme Court justices see ethics case tossed". Arkansas Online. 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  4. ^ "Shawn Womack Seeks Seat On Arkansas Supreme Court". 5newsonline.com. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2023-07-17.

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Preceded by Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
2017–present
Incumbent