Cliff Hoofman (born June 23, 1943 in

Judsonia, Arkansas Judsonia is a city in White County, Arkansas, United States. Stan Robinson is the current mayor. The population was 2,019 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is la ...

) was a justice of the

Arkansas Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Arkansas is the highest court in the state judiciary of Arkansas. It has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all state court cases that involve a point of state law, and original jurisdiction o ...

being appointed to the position in 2012 his term ending at the end of 2014. He was reappointed to the Arkansas court of appeals in December 2014 by outgoing governor

Mike Beebe Mickey Dale Beebe ( ; born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Amagon, Arkansas, Beebe is a graduate of Arkan ...

Education

Hoofman received his

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from the State College of Arkansas, now the

University of Central Arkansas The University of Central Arkansas (Central Arkansas or UCA) is a public university in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1907 as the Arkansas State Normal School, the university is one of the oldest in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As the state's only ...

, in 1968, and his Juris Doctor from the

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in 1972.

Legal career

Hoofman served eight years in the state Senate and 20 years before that in the state House. He also worked in the attorney general's office during Beebe's tenure as attorney general from 2003 to 2007.

Service on Arkansas Supreme Court

On November 21, 2012, Hoofman was appointed to the

by Governor

to replace Justice Robert L. Brown.

Personal life

He lives in

Enola, Arkansas Enola is a town in Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 338 at the 2010 census, up from 188 at the 2000 census. Geography ...

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