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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

IN RE RETIREMENT OF 

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE PAUL E. 

DANIELSON

Opinion Delivered: December 15, 2016

PER CURIAM

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.
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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. 

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Chief Justice Howard W. Brill Justice Karen R. Baker

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Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson Justice Josephine Linker Hart

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Justice Rhonda K. Wood Justice Robin F. Wynne
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

opinion Delivered: December 75, 2076

IN RE RTTIREMENT OF ASSOCIATEJUSTICE

PAI-IL E. DANIELSON

PER CURIAM

Upon his retirement from the Supreme Court of A¡kansas after ten years of dedicated service as associate justice, the

court recognizes and expresses its appreciation toJustice Paul E- Danielson.

Justice Danielson graduated with honors from Florida State lJniversity and served his country for four years in the

United States Air Force. He earned his law degree from the Universiry of ,trkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, where he

was a member of the Arkansas Law Review and graduated with honors- FIe 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 1aw for eighteen yeaß and also taught at the Univenity of Arkansas ât Little Rock School of

Law. Justice Danielson served twelve years as a circuit judge in the FifteenthJudicial District and was named Outstanding Trial

J*dg" for 20A243 by the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Since joining this court in 2007, Justice Danielson has served our community and the legal profession in a. vaiety 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 ModelJury lrxtructionsCivil. 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-frling at the state appellate level- He is a

member of the Arkansas Bar Foundation.

On behalf of the State of ,\rkansas, we thankJustice Danielson for his rrrarTy contributions to the justice system and the