Karen Baker | |
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Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 1, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Ronald Sheffield |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Education | Arkansas Tech University (BA) University of Arkansas,Little Rock (JD) |
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