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# Sam Terry

Arkansas State District Court, Judicial District 6 · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Arkansas State District Court, Judicial District 6
- State: Arkansas
- Role: District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## 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/district-courts?page=17)
- [Official roster](https://arcourts.gov/directories/district-courts?page=17)
- [Arkansas Judiciary official judicial roster](https://arcourts.gov/directories/district-courts?page=17)
- [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

- Attorney at Smith, Cohen & Horan, PLC (2021–present)
- Samuel M. Terry is the District Judge for Division 3 of the Sebastian County District Court in Fort Smith, Arkansas, appointed in July 2022 by
- District Judge (2019–2020)
- Law Clerk to Hon. P.K. Holmes, III, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas (2011–2012)
- Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Sebastian County (2008–2010)

### Education


### Additional information

- Appointed: July 18, 2022, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Hon. Claire Borengasser
- Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Fort Smith (2021–2022)
- Assistant Vice President at First National Bank of Fort Smith (2012–2019)
- Earlier legal roles at Hardin Jesson & Terry PLC and Hayes, Karber, Alford & Smith
- Office: 901 South “B” Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901