Melissa Richardson

Professional career

• Melissa B. Richardson is a judge on the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Arkansas, Division 9, elected in 2014 and serving in Jonesboro, AR
• Pre‐judicial career: Practiced law in private practice for 12 years alongside her father

Education

Additional information

• She also ran for re‐election in the March 3, 2026 general election for the same judicial seat.
• Election: Chosen in the May 20, 2014 general election for a term starting January 2015 and ending 2020.
• Office address: P.O. Box 1472, Jonesboro, AR 72403
• Listed in the Arkansas Judiciary’s official directory of trial court administrators Arkansas Judiciary.
• Phone: +1 (870) 933‐4599
• Notable assignments: Has presided over the Craighead County Drug Court