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White eyes new Circuit Court judgeship |
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
Paul White of Benton has announced as a candidate for the new Saline County Circuit Court judgeship.
The nonpartisan Division 4 position was created last year by the Legislature. The judgeship will be decided May 20, during the primary election, unless there is a runoff.
White, who has been practicing law for 15 years, has served as a special judge in Saline County Circuit Court and in the Bauxite and Haskell district courts.
White, 41, is the second person to announce for the new judgeship. Robert Herzfeld of Benton announced in late November.
“I take very seriously the responsibility of our judges to be the protectors of our justice system,” White said.
“We are privileged to have three excellent judges in Saline County. I want to continue the tradition of reason, fair-mindedness and judgment that our current judges have each exhibited in their respective terms in office. I believe that I have the right mix of experience, discretion, stability and judgment to serve Saline County well.”
White’s wife, the former Angela Stracener of Benton, has been the choral director at Benton High School for 10 years.
White’s law practice, which is based in Bryant, has focused on probates, wills, trusts and guardianships. He also has experience in other areas, including contracts, insurance issues and personal injury cases.
White has presented seminars to church and community groups on wills, trusts, probates and church legal liability.
White is a 1989 graduate of Ouachita Baptist University at Arkadelphia and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law.
Following law school, White spent three years as assistant city attorney in Little Rock. He prosecuted cases in Little Rock Municipal Court and Pulaski County Circuit Court. He also represented the city and its employees in state and federal court in contract disputes, employment matters, civil rights cases and personal injury defense.
White is a member of the First Baptist Church in Benton, where he teaches a ninth-grade boys Sunday school class. In 1995, White was selected vice president and general counsel of the Arkansas Baptist Foundation in Little Rock.
The foundation is one of the largest nonprofit organizations of its kind in Arkansas. When White was an officer, the foundation was entrusted with more than $100 million for the Arkansas Baptist State Convention and its agencies, institutions and churches.
White represented the foundation in a number of areas, including charitable giving, regulatory matters, church liability education, probates, contracts and employment issues.
Local community activities for White include Kiwanis Club, Benton Panther Foundation Advisory Board and Watchdog program for fathers at Howard Perrin Elementary School.
The Whites’ children, Zach, 14, and Trent, 10, are Benton School District students.
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