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# Ray Abramson

Arkansas Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Arkansas Court of Appeals
- State: Arkansas
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## 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/courts/court-of-appeals)
- [Official roster](https://arcourts.gov/courts/court-of-appeals)
- [Arkansas Judiciary official judicial roster](https://arcourts.gov/courts/court-of-appeals)
- [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

- He also held the role of a Special Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court Arkansas Judiciary

### Education


### Additional information

- Then elected in 2014 to an eight-year term, winning re-election in 2022 without a ballot due to a canceled general election.
- Appointed by Governor Mike Beebe to the Arkansas Court of Appeals on August 1, 2010, serving until the end of 2012.
- Before his judicial appointments, he practiced law in Clarendon, Arkansas for 34 years, holding roles such as Monroe County Public Defender, Clarendon Municipal Court Judge,.
- Chairman of the Mid Delta Health Systems Board of Directors
- Chairman of the Smith Holly Grove Library, Inc.
- Past President of the Monroe County Bar Association
- Member of the Supreme Court Committee on Criminal Practice and Criminal Jury Instructions
- Volunteer for the Holly Grove Food Pantry
- He has also served on the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, as Eagle Scout and Silver Beaver Award recipient, and as legal counsel for the Eastern Arkansas Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Arkansas Judiciary.