Beebe appoints Bill Bowen to Arkansas Supreme Court

Governor Mike Beebe has named Bill Bowen of Little Rock to the Arkansas Supreme Court in place of the retiring Justice Annabelle Clinton Imber. A special election next year will determine who serves the remainder of Imber's term, which ends in 2014. Bowen, 86, started his legal career as a tax attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in the 1950s. He returned to Arkansas and spent 17 years in private practice before becoming involved in banking. The UALR School of Law has been named after him.