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# SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF CHI EF

JUSTICE HOWARD W. BR ILL Opinion Delivered: 

# December 15, 2016

PER CURIAM

Upon completion of his sixteen

- month term as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

of Arkansas, the court expresses its appreciation to Chief Justice Howard W. Brill for his

dedicated service to the State of Arkansas and to this court.

Chief Justice Brill graduated from Duke University and earned his J.D. from the

University of Florida Law School

, where he was editor

- in

- chief of the law review. He l ater

earned an L.L.M . from the University of Illinois.

Chief Justice Brill served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Robert T. Mann, District

Court of Ap peal, Florida

, from 1970 to 1971, and he practiced law at Spector, Taber &

Tappa in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1973 to 1975. In 1975, he began his teaching career

at the University of Arkansas School of Law and was named the Vincent Foster Professor of

L egal Ethics and Professional Responsibility in 1998. During his tenure at the University

of Arkansas School of Law, he taught professional responsibility, remedies, civil procedure,

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2 and domestic relations. He also taught special topic courses on Baseball and the Law, a s well

as Arkansas Constitutional Law. He received numerous teaching awards over the span of

five decades. Chief Justice Brill also spent time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sokoto,

Northern Nigeria.

Governor Asa Hutchison appointed him Chie f Justice to the Arkansas Supreme

Court in September 2015. We thank Chief Justice Brill for his many contributions to this

court.

___ _______________________________ _________________________________ _ Justice Paul E. Danielson Justice Karen R. Baker

__ _______________________________ _________________________________ _ Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson Justice Josephine Linker Hart

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