Chalk Mitchell

Professional career

• Chalk S. Mitchell is a judge of the First Judicial Circuit Court of Arkansas, Division 4, serving since 2015 after being appointed by Governor Asa Hutchinson to replace the late.
• Judicial Service: Phillips County District Judge (2002–2004)
• Federal Prosecution: 16 years as Assistant U.S. Attorney (Eastern District of Arkansas, 1980–1986; later in Colorado)

Education

Additional information

• Re‐elected in 2016 after winning the general election for the Division 4 seat
• Appointed October 21, 2015, by Governor Asa Hutchinson
• Local Government: City Attorney for Helena‐West Helena; prosecuting attorney
• Contact: PO Box 177, Helena-West Helena, AR 72342
• Phone: (870) 338‐5522
• Arkansas law prohibits re‐appointment to the original vacancy
• Mitchell instead ran for the seat vacated by Kathleen Bell’s retirement
• Admitted to practice in Arkansas, the U.S. District Courts for Eastern and Western Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Colorado, and Pennsylvania.
• Known for a career spanning federal prosecution, local government law, and judicial service