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# Josephine L. Hart

Supreme Court of Arkansas · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas
- State: Arkansas
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of Arkansas, 2013-present
- Josephine L. Hart - Josephine L. Hart Josephine Linker Hart is an American lawyer and jurist who was an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 2012 to 2020
- Josephine Linker Hart is an American lawyer and jurist best known as the first Native American to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court and one of the first women elected to both of Arkansas’s appellate courts
- She was one of only three women in her law class and the only one to practice law
- Her career spans military leadership, private practice, and high‐level judicial service, reflecting a lifelong dedication to the law and justice

### Education

- University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, in — J.D. (1971)
- Arkansas Tech University in — B.A. (1965)

### Additional information

- In 2018, Hart faced a professional misconduct complaint from Pulaski County Judge Wendell Griffen, alleging insufficient time to respond to a ruling removing him from capital cases.
- Born November 20, 1943, in Perryville, Arkansas.
- Date of birth: 1943-01-01
- The matter was investigated, but no formal sanctions were reported.
- Military service Hart served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army
- Hart was born in Perryville, Arkansas, into a Cherokee family whose ancestral farmland was taken by eminent domain to create Lake Dardanelle when she was nine.
- Hart is remembered as a trailblazer for women and Native Americans in Arkansas law, shaping state jurisprudence through her appellate work and modeling integrity and public service.
- Birth place: Perryville

## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/3753/josephine-l-hart/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3753/josephine-l-hart/)
- [Supreme Court of Arkansas current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3753/josephine-l-hart/)
- [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)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3753/josephine-l-hart/)
- [Josephine Hart - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Josephine_Hart)
- [Josephine L. Hart - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_L._Hart)
- [Wikidata: Josephine L. Hart](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16225401)

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