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David Clay Wilkerson Fowlkes
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Active service.
Confirmed 54 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 5, 2026
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 15, 2026
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 54 to 40
- Confirmed
- February 3, 2026
- Commissioned
- February 6, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1978, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Deputy prosecuting attorney, Benton County, Arkansas, 2003-2007; division chief, 2005-2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Arkansas, 2007-2020; deputy criminal chief, 2014-2015; criminal chief, 2015-2016; first assistant U.S. attorney, 2016-2020
- U.S. attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 2020-2026
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