Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-14 15:04:11.406812+00
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Cite as 2023 Ark. 117

                 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
                                                   Opinion Delivered:   June 29, 2023
  IN MEMORY OF JUSTICE
  ROBIN F. WYNNE

                                          PER CURIAM

         Today we recognize Justice Robin F. Wynne's remarkable legacy as we mourn a great
 loss to our Court and to our State. The people ofArkansas recently elected Justice Wynne to
 a second term on the Court, which he began in January ofthis year.

        Justice Wynne grew up in Fordyce, Arkansas, and-like his father and his two older
 brothers-he earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard College, where he majored in history
 and graduated cum laude. Justice Wynne then obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of
 Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville. He also attended the Perkins School of Theology at
 Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The United Methodist Church remained at
 the center of his life. Justice Wynne returned to Fordyce to practice at his family's well­
 respected law firm. Over the years, in addition to being a partner at Wynne & Wynne Law
 Firm, he served as Fordyce City Attorney, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the 13th Judicial
 District, Arkansas State Representative (1985-1988), and Fordyce School District Board
 Member, among other roles.

         With this broad experience, Justice Wynne joined the judiciary as district judge in Dallas
 County in 2004. Later, he was elected to the Arkansas Court ofAppeals, District 5, and served
 in that capacity from 2011 until 2014. Justice Wynne was sworn in as a Justice on the Arkansas
 Supreme Court in 2015, and he faithfully fulfilled the duties ofhis office until his death on June
 21, 2023. While on the Court, Justice Wynne served as liaison to the Committee on the
 Unauthorized Practice of Law, the Client Security Fund Committee, and the Arkansas Access
 to Justice Commission.

       Justice Wynne will be remembered for his dedication to the rule oflaw, his beliefin the
 nonpartisan judiciary, his commitment to collegiality, and his love for the institution ofwhich
 he was so proud to be a part. Justice Wynne never forgot the members ofthe bar or the reality
 oflaw practice. He taught and mentored generations oflawyers.

         We offer our heartfelt condolences to Justice Wynne's wife, Margo Sanders Wynne, and
 to his entire family. He will be deeply missed.

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