Harry F. Barnes

Harry Barnes
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
In office November 22, 1993 – November 1, 2008
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Morris S. Arnold
Succeeded by	Susan Owens Hickey
Personal details
Born	1932 (age 83–84) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	United States Naval Academy University of Arkansas School of Law
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Marines
Years of service	1956–1961

Harry F. Barnes (born 1932) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Barnes received a B.S. from United States Naval Academy in 1956 and was in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1956 to 1961. He received an LL.B. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964, entering private practice in Camden, Arkansas from 1964 to 1982, initially as the law partner of future U. S. Representative, Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator David Pryor. He was also in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1964 to 1986. He was a municipal judge for Camden and Ouachita County, Arkansas from 1975 to 1982, and a Circuit judge, Thirteenth Judicial District, State of Arkansas from 1982 to 1993.

On October 27, 1993, Barnes was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas vacated by Morris Sheppard Arnold, whom Clinton had elevated to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Barnes was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received his commission on November 22, 1993. He assumed senior status on November 1, 2008.

Sources

• Harry F. Barnes at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.