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Supreme Court appoints Judge Karen Whatley to District Court Resources Assessment Board, reappoints three members
Summary
On Sept. 12, 2024, the Arkansas Supreme Court appointed Judge Karen Whatley to the District Court Resources Assessment Board to replace the retiring Edwin Keaton and reappointed three existing members with new term expirations.
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Sept. 12, 2024, appointed the Honorable Karen Whatley, Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, to the District Court Resources Assessment Board, replacing the Honorable Edwin Keaton, retired circuit judge, whose term expires April 30, 2026. The court also reappointed three members whose terms had expired.
The reappointments were the Honorable Melinda French, District Judge, Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, whose term will expire April 30, 2027; the Honorable Doug Erwin, Lonoke County Judge, whose term will expire April 30, 2028; and John Wilkerson, Esq., Arkansas Municipal League general counsel, whose term will expire April 30, 2028. The court’s per curiam notation expressed gratitude to Judge Keaton for his service and thanked Judge Whatley for agreeing to serve.
The District Court Resources Assessment Board evaluates district-court resource needs and related administrative matters. The docket entry records the appointments and term expirations but does not include an accompanying order or statement of the board’s near-term work plan.
