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# Joanna Taylor

Fourth Judicial Circuit · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Fourth 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

- Joanna B. Taylor is a judge on the 4th Judicial Circuit Court of Arkansas, Division VII, serving Madison and Washington counties since her 2010 election, and re‐elected in 2016 and 2022
- Previous judicial role: Madison County District Court judge (2004–2010)
- Legal career: Attorney at Jackson & Taylor Law Firm (1994–2010) Solo practice as Joanna Taylor, P.A. Deputy prosecuting attorney, Carroll County (2003–2004)
- Taylor has stated she strives to interpret statutes in their plain meaning and to apply a common‐sense approach to justice

### Education

- University of Arkansas School of Law — J.D. (1993)
- Western Connecticut State University — B.A. (1989)

### Additional information

- Admitted to the Arkansas bar: 1994
- Former president, Madison‐Carroll County Bar Association
- Member, Washington County Bar Association
- Served on Arkansas District Judges Council, Education Committee, and Legislative Committee
- Volunteer attorney with Legal Aid of Arkansas