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Eugene Hunt

Year First Elected to Board: 2009
Tenure: 14 years
Age: 78

 

Professional Experience

Mr. Hunt is an attorney in private practice in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mr. Hunt began his practice in 1972 and has thereafter been involved in the active practice of law within Arkansas, primarily in southeast Arkansas. He served as Judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals from August through December 2008 and has also previously served as a Special Circuit Judge and Special Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court. Additionally, he served as Director of the Child Support Enforcement Unit, Jefferson County, Arkansas from 1990 to 2001.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts (History and Government), Arkansas AM&N College
  • Juris Doctorate, University of Arkansas Law School

Experience and Qualifications

  • The Economic Development Corporation of Jefferson County, Arkansas (board member)
  • Jefferson Hospital (board member)
  • Youth Partners (board member)
  • Arkansas Ethics Commission
  • Jefferson County United Way
  • Arkansas Criminal Code Revision Commission
  • Life Member of the NAACP
  • NAACP Legal Defense Fund Affiliate Attorney (since 1978)

Biographical information regarding directors is based on, and also as of, Simmons First National Corporation’s latest proxy statement filed on March 20, 2024.