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# Candice Settle

Twenty-First Judicial Circuit · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Twenty-First Judicial Circuit
- State: Arkansas
- Role: Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing platform

Scope: statewide

Arkansas Judiciary publishes electronic-hearing Zoom resources and court-user guides for remote proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: Zoom Guides for Court Users

[Arkansas Judiciary: Electronic Hearings With Zoom](https://arcourts.gov/arkansas-supreme-court-statement-novel-coronavirus-outbreak-and-courts/electronic-hearings-zoom)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### audio recording

Scope: statewide

Arkansas Judiciary publishes state-district-court digital audio recording guidance as an official court resource.

Evidence excerpt: AOC Provisional Guidelines for Digital Audio Recording in State District Courts

[Arkansas Judiciary: District Courts](https://arcourts.gov/courts/district-courts)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://arcourts.gov/directories/circuit-judges)
- [Official roster](https://arcourts.gov/directories/circuit-judges)
- [Arkansas Judiciary official judicial roster](https://arcourts.gov/directories/circuit-judges)
- [Arkansas Judiciary: Electronic Hearings With Zoom](https://arcourts.gov/arkansas-supreme-court-statement-novel-coronavirus-outbreak-and-courts/electronic-hearings-zoom)
- [Arkansas Judiciary: District Courts](https://arcourts.gov/courts/district-courts)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge Settle has been active in mental health court programs, providing alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders with untreated mental illnesses
- Settle has over 20 years of legal experience in Crawford County, having held the role of a city prosecuting attorney, deputy public defender, and city attorney for Van Buren
- She also maintained a private practice, Settle & Jernigan, PLLC, specializing in employment law, civil and criminal litigation, probate, business, personal injury, and domestic relations law

### Education

- Bachelor’s degree in accounting and a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

### Additional information

- Judge Candice Settle presides over Division III of the Crawford County Circuit Court, located at 220 South 4th Street, Suite C, Van Buren, Arkansas 72956.
- Participants work with court-sanctioned therapists and counselors, and successful completion can result in charges being dropped.
- She handles civil and criminal cases within her division and has been involved in specialty court programs, including mental health and opioid-focused initiatives.
- She has also been involved in opioid-focused specialty court programs, helping participants access transitional housing, treatment, and recovery support services.