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# Michelle Huff

Third Judicial Circuit · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Third 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

- Michelle C. Huff is a judge on the 3rd Judicial Circuit Court of Arkansas, Division 2, and the first woman appointed to that circuit in 2019
- The first female judge appointed to the Third Judicial Circuit in 2019
- Clerk’s Office: +1 (870) 994‐0900
- Judge Huff serves in Division 2 of the 3rd Judicial Circuit Court of Arkansas, which covers Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, and Sharp counties

### Education


### Additional information

- Appointed to the bench by Governor William Asa Hutchinson in 2017.
- This milestone is noted in state historical listings of women in Arkansas law.
- Email: circuitjudgehuff@
- Judge Huff has presided over various court programs, including drug courts in Randolph and Lawrence counties, and currently leads the Sharp County Drug Court.
- She has emphasized the program’s rehabilitative goals, cost savings, and potential for reoffenders to reintegrate successfully into society.