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Dustin McDaniel
Dustin Blake McDaniel (born April 29, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th Attorney General of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. McDaniel is the co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s State Attorneys General Group. He is also the Office Managing Partner of Cozen O’Connor’s Little Rock, Arkansas office. As of 2024, McDaniel is the last Democrat to have held the office of Arkansas Attorney General. McDaniel's practice focuses on attorney general investigations, consumer protection and administrative law issues, multi-state litigation, antitrust laws, tobacco laws, gaming laws, Medicaid fraud and digital privacy laws. He is licensed in Arkansas, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia and enjoys a national law practice representing individuals and some of America's largest law firms and corporations. He advises clients across a wide range of industries from healthcare to technology, with a focus on highly regulated industries. McDaniel assists his clients wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Attorney General
The attorney general of Arkansas, usually known simply as the attorney general (AG), is one of Arkansas's seven constitutional officers. The officeholder serves as the state's top law enforcement officer and consumer advocate. History The attorney general was not originally a state constitutional officer but rather was created by Act 1 of 1843, which designated the Arkansas attorney for the Fifth Judicial District as the attorney general. The first attorney general of Arkansas was Robert W. Johnson. The Arkansas Constitution of 1868 made the post elective, though it required only that the attorney general “perform such duties as are now, or may hereafter, be prescribed by law.” This was reaffirmed in the constitution of 1874. Act 131 of 1911 laid out four general responsibilities of the attorney general's office: 1) to give opinions to state officers and agencies “upon any constitutional or other legal question that may concern the official action of said officers”; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Lou Fisher
Jimmie Lou Fisher (née Cooper; December 31, 1941 – July 11, 2022) was an American politician from Arkansas. A Democrat, she was the longest serving State Treasurer in Arkansas history. Early life and career Jimmie Lou Cooper was born in Delight, Arkansas on December 31, 1941, the eldest of the five children of Joyce Nutt Cooper and Tollie H. Cooper. Her father was a professional basketball player and school teacher and her mother was a high school basketball coach. During her childhood, the family relocated to five different towns in Greene and Faulkner counties when her father took a job as a school superintendent. She attended school at Delaplaine School in Delaplaine, Arkansas. She graduated from Vilonia High School, and attended Arkansas State College in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She married George Fisher in 1959, and started her career working for the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company. She and her husband had a son who died in infancy, and their marriage ended in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Attorneys General
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west. Its name derives from the Osage language, and refers to their relatives, the Quapaw people. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the The Ozarks, Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta. Previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase, the Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations, and landowners there largely depended on Slavery in the United States, enslaved African Americans' labor. In 1861, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Prosecutors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 – The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor while undergoing conversion to a floating university. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Steel
Nate Steel is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. During the 89th General Assembly session from 2013 to 2015, Steel served on the Judiciary committee. Education Steel graduated from Nashville High School in Nashville, Arkansas. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Career Steel ran unsuccessfully for Attorney General of Arkansas in 2014. Steel's introductory campaign commercial, posted on YouTube, identifies prison overcrowding in Arkansas as a problem because the state has the second-worst meth rate in America. Steel lost to the Republican nominee, Leslie Rutledge. He left office in 2015 and was succeeded in the Arkansas House by Justin Gonzales. Steel is an attorney and deputy prosecuting attorney. He is a member of the Howard Memorial Hospital Foundation board of directors, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Arkansas Elections
Arkansas, Arkansas's 2010 general elections were held November 2, 2010. Primaries were held May 18, 2010 and runoffs, if necessary, were held November 23, 2010. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35 Arkansas State Senate, state senate seats, all 100 Arkansas House of Representatives, house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Arkansas Supreme Court, Supreme Court justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges. Federal United States Senate Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln ran unsuccessfully for re-election against Republican John Boozman. Arkansas had previously only elected one Republican senator since the Reconstruction era of the United States, Reconstruction, who was defeated after his first term in 2002 by Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Arkansas Elections
Arkansas's 2006 state elections were held November 7, 2006. Primaries were held May 23 and runoffs, if necessary, were held June 13. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35 state senate seats, all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges. Governor Democrat *Mike Beebe - Attorney General Republican *Asa Hutchinson - former Undersecretary of Homeland Security Green Party *Jim Lendall (ran for Governor 2006 - former state representative) Third Parties *Rod Bryan (independent) - musician Lieutenant governor Democratic primary *Bill Halter - former Social Security commissioner *Tim Wooldridge - state senator, District 11 *Mike Hathorn - former state representative, Arkansas Rural Devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Arkansas Library System
Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is a public library system headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The largest public library system in Arkansas, the Central Arkansas Library System serves all residents of Pulaski and Perry County, including Little Rock, Jacksonville, Maumelle, Perryville, Sherwood, and Wrightsville. The library in downtown Little Rock is the main branch of the system. The Main Library campus also includes the Arkansas Studies Institute Building, which includes the offices of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, the ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas'', and the UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture. CALS' Ron Robinson Theater, Cox Creative Center, and River Market Books & Gifts are also located on the Main Library campus. History The first Little Rock Public Library was one of four Carnegie Libraries in Arkansas. The Carnegie Corporation of New York made a grant of $50,000 in 1906, and increased the grant to $88,100 in 1907. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Ross (politician)
Michael Avery Ross (born August 2, 1961) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2013 and was his party's nominee for governor of Arkansas in 2014. He is currently the last Democrat to have represented Arkansas in the House of Representatives. He was also a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1991 to 2001, a member of the Nevada County Quorum Court from 1983 to 1985, and a small business owner. On July 25, 2011, Ross announced that he would not seek reelection to the House in 2012. He instead became the Democratic nominee for governor of Arkansas in the Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2014, general election scheduled for November 4, 2014. He faced the Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee, former U.S. Representative Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas's 3rd congressional district, who had previously lost the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asa Hutchinson
William Asa Hutchinson II (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, AY-sə''; born December 3, 1950) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 46th governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. attorney, U.S. representative, and in two roles in the George W. Bush administration. He was a Asa Hutchinson 2024 presidential campaign, candidate for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Hutchinson to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas, which covers most of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Smith. In 1986 United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1986, Hutchinson unsuccessfully challenged Democratic U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers, before losing a race for Attorney General of Arkansas to Winst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
