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# Chalk Mitchell

First Judicial Circuit · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: 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

- 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