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# David Clark

Twentieth Judicial Circuit · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Twentieth 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

- David M. Clark is a judge of the 20th Judicial Circuit Court of Arkansas, serving since July 1, 2007, and overseeing significant portions of the domestic relations, probate, and civil dockets in Faulkner, Searcy, and Van Buren counties
- Before becoming a judge, Clark held the role of a deputy prosecuting attorney in the 20th Judicial District (appointed in 1996) and earlier in the 6th Judicial District, working in both the drug unit and gang unit.
- He also held the role of Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the 20th Judicial District until his judicial appointment

### Education



### Additional information

- He was appointed by former Governor Mike Beebe and has been re‐elected in 2008, 2014, and 2020.
- All dependency and neglect cases filed by the Arkansas Department of Human Services
- 65% of the domestic relations docket
- 20% of the civil docket
- About half of the probate docket
- Judge Clark presides over Department 4 of the 20th Judicial Circuit Court, which covers Faulkner, Searcy, and Van Buren counties.