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# H.G. Foster

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

- 1987–2006: Prosecuting Attorney, Twentieth Judicial District
- H.G. Foster is the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Division 5 Judge in Arkansas, serving the counties of Faulkner, Searcy, and Van Buren, with a career spanning law practice, prosecution, and judicial service

### Education

- J.D — University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law — 1977

### Additional information

- 2014: Elected to Division 5 in a nonpartisan judicial election
- 2013: Appointed by Governor Mike Beebe to Division 1 of the Twentieth Circuit
- 2006–2012: State Special Prosecuting Attorney
- 1978–1987: Attorney in private practice
- Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
- Chairman, Special Team on the Prevention of Domestic Violence (S.T.O.P.D.V.)
- Member, Arkansas Crime Information Center Supervisory Board
- Democratic representative, Faulkner County Board of Election Commissioners
- President, Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association