Opinion
Opinion delivered January 7, 1999
The Court previously created the Committee on Professional Conduct and the Alternate Committee on Professional Conduct and provided that each Committee consist of five lawyer members and two nonlawyer members. Originally, the terms of appointment were seven years for lawyer members and four years for nonlawyer members. By Per Curiam of July 16, 1990, the Court increased the term of appointment for nonlawyer members of the Committee on Professional Conduct from four to seven years and by subsequent Per Curiam Order provided for a like term for nonlawyer members of the Alternate Committee.
In the interest of continuity, it was, and remains, the Court's intent that each Committee would establish staggered terms so that only one term of appointment would expire in any calendar year. Due, in part, to the term change for nonlawyer members and several appointments having been made to replace members who were unable to complete their full terms, each of the Committees is now out of compliance with the plan of staggered terms contemplated by the Court.
Therefore, the Per Curiams previously issued appointing the current members of the Committee on Professional Conduct and the Alternate Committee on Professional Conduct are revised to reflect the expiration date of each member's term of appointment as set out herein. In order to achieve staggered terms consonant with the Court's intent it is necessary to make an adjustment of some of the members' current terms. Hereafter, all terms of appointment to the Committee on Professional Conduct shall have a regular expiration date of September 30 of the appropriate anniversary year, and terms for the Alternate Committee shall expire on March 30 of the appropriate year. An appointment to fill a vacancy created by a member's inability to complete the term to which he or she was appointed will be made for the duration of the unexpired term. Members may be appointed to serve not more than two full terms. Prior to future publication of Per Curiams appointing members to these two Committees, the Committee's Executive Director will consult with and advise the Court's liaison to these Committees.
Attached to and made a part of this Order are the membership lists and term expiration dates for the Committee on Professional Conduct (Appendix A) and the Alternate Committee on Professional Conduct (Appendix B).
APPENDIX A
Effective on the date of publication of this Order, the following expiration dates for terms of appointment to the Committee on Professional Conduct are applicable to the members indicated below:
Committee on Professional Conduct
Name Position Term Expiration
Carlton Bailey, Esq. Lawyer 9/30/2000 Fayetteville, AR (at large)
Sue Winter Nonlawyer 9/30/2001 Little Rock, AR (at large)
Dr. Patricia Youngdahl Nonlawyer 9/30/2002 Little Rock, AR (at large)
Richard A. Reid, Esq. Lawyer 9/30/2003 Blytheville, AR (1st Cong. District)
Kenneth Reeves, Esq. Lawyer 9/30/2004 Harrison, AR (3rd Cong. District)
Bart Virden, Esq. Lawyer 9/30/2005 Morrilton, AR (2nd Cong. District)
Win A. Trafford, Esq. Lawyer 9/30/2006 Pine Bluff, AR (4th Cong. District)
APPENDIX B
Effective on the date of publication of this Order, the following expiration dates for terms of appointment to the Alternate Committee on Professional Conduct are applicable to the members indicated below:
Alternate Committee on Professional Conduct
Name Position Term Expiration
David Solomon, Esq. Lawyer 3/30/1999 Helena, AR (1st Cong. District)
Dr. Rose Word Nonlawyer 3/30/2001 Pine Bluff, AR (at large)
John Rush, Esq. Lawyer 3/30/2002 Pine Bluff, AR (4th Cong. District)
James M. Cogbill, Esq. Lawyer 3/30/2003 Fort Smith, AR (3rd Cong. District)
Rita M. Harvey Nonlawyer 3/30/2004 Little Rock, AR (at large)
Richard F. Hatfield Lawyer 3/30/2005 Little Rock, AR (2nd Cong. District)
— Vacant — Lawyer 3/30/2006 (at large)