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# Meredith Switzer

Eighteenth East Judicial Circuit · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Eighteenth East 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

- Current Roles Garland County District Court, Department 2 (elected 2020) Circuit Court Division IV Judge, Garland County Courthouse (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
- Former Chief Legal Counsel for Quapaw House (2019) Former Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals (2019–2020) Former District Judge, Garland County District Court (2017–2019) Appointed to District Court in 2016 by Governor Asa Hutchinson, succeeding her father, Judge David B. Switzer

### Education

- J.D., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law (2004)
- in Political Science, University of Arkansas — B.A. (2001)

### Additional information

- Meredith B. Switzer is an Arkansas judge with experience across multiple courts, including the Garland County District Court and the Arkansas Court of Appeals