Opinion
12-15-2016
IN RE RETIREMENT OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE PAUL E. DANIELSON
Upon his retirement from the Supreme Court of Arkansas after ten years of dedicated service as associate justice, the court recognizes and expresses its appreciation to Justice Paul E. Danielson.
Justice Danielson graduated with honors from Florida State University and served his country for four years in the United States Air Force. He earned his law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, where he was a member of the Arkansas Law Review and graduated with honors. He served as a law clerk to Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Frank Holt, as a deputy prosecuting attorney in the Sixth and Fifteenth Judicial Districts, and as city attorney for the City of Booneville. He practiced law for eighteen years and also taught at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. Justice Danielson served twelve years as a circuit judge in the Fifteenth Judicial District and was named Outstanding Trial Judge for 2002-03 by the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.
Since joining this court in 2007, Justice Danielson has served our community and the legal profession in a variety of ways, including as liaison to the Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board, the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, the Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice, and the Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions-Civil. He has also served as chair of the Committee on the Pilot Program for Appellate Mediation as well as chair of the Arkansas Supreme Court Electronic Filing Pilot Program, which implemented e-filing at the state appellate level. He is a member of the Arkansas Bar Foundation.
On behalf of the State of Arkansas, we thank Justice Danielson for his many contributions to the justice system and the community. /s/_________
Chief Justice Howard W. Brill /s/_________
Justice Karen R. Baker /s/_________
Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson /s/_________
Justice Josephine Linker Hart /s/_________
Justice Rhonda K. Wood /s/_________
Justice Robin F. Wynne
Upon his retirement from the Supreme Court of Arkansas after ten years of dedicated service as associate justice, the court recognizes and expresses its appreciation to Justice Paul E. Danielson.
Justice Danielson graduated with honors from Florida State University and served his country for four years in the United States Air Force. He earned his law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, where he was a member of the Arkansas Law Review and graduated with honors. He served as a law clerk to Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Frank Holt, as a deputy prosecuting attorney in the Sixth and Fifteenth Judicial Districts, and as city attorney for the City of Booneville. He practiced law for eighteen years and also taught at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. Justice Danielson served twelve years as a circuit judge in the Fifteenth Judicial District and was named Outstanding Trial Judge for 2002-03 by the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.
Since joining this court in 2007, Justice Danielson has served our community and the legal profession in a variety of ways, including as liaison to the Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board, the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, the Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice, and the Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions-Civil. He has also served as chair of the Committee on the Pilot Program for Appellate Mediation as well as chair of the Arkansas Supreme Court Electronic Filing Pilot Program, which implemented e-filing at the state appellate level. He is a member of the Arkansas Bar Foundation.
On behalf of the State of Arkansas, we thank Justice Danielson for his many contributions to the justice system and the community. /s/_________
Chief Justice Howard W. Brill /s/_________
Justice Karen R. Baker /s/_________
Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson /s/_________
Justice Josephine Linker Hart /s/_________
Justice Rhonda K. Wood /s/_________
Justice Robin F. Wynne