Phillip Whiteaker

Phillip Whiteaker
Current Court Information:
Arkansas Court of Appeals
Title:	Judge
Position:	District 1, Position 2
Service:
Active:	2013-2019
Preceded by:	Raymond Abramson
Past position:	Judge, Arkansas Twenty-Third Circuit
Past term:	1997-2013
Personal History
Bachelors:	Ouachita Baptist University, 1983
Law School:	University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 1986
Candidate 2012:
Candidate for:	Court of Appeals
State:	Arkansas
Election information 2012:
Incumbent:	No
Primary date:	May 22, 2012
Primary vote:	38.1%A
Election date:	November 6, 2012
Election vote:	53.8%A

Phillip Whiteaker is a judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. He was elected to this position on November 6, 2012 and his term expires in January 2019.

Education

Whiteaker received his undergraduate degree from Ouachita Baptist University in 1983 and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 1986.

Career

• Attorney, Arkansas Worker's Compensation Commission
• Attorney, Social Security Administration
• Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Lonoke County
• Private practice
• Division 2 Circuit Judge, Arkansas Twenty-Third Circuit

Elections

2012 election

Whiteaker was elected to District 1, Position 2 on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. This position was formerly held by Judge Raymond Abramson.

Whiteaker competed against Richard Lusby and Jeannette Robertson in the primary election on May 22, 2012. He was the top vote-getter in the primary, receiving 38.09% of the vote. He defeated Jeannette Robertson in the general election on November 6, earning 53.78% of the vote.

See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2012

See also

• Arkansas Circuit Courts
• Arkansas Twenty-Third Circuit
• Arkansas Court of Appeals

External links

• Elect Judge Phillip Whiteaker, Court of Appeals campaign website
• Official Arkansas Circuit Court webpage

References