Jerry Larkowski

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Jerry Larkowski is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He moved to Arkansas in 1976. Jerry attended Catholic High School for Boys, in Little Rock. In 1984, he graduated magna cum laude, ranked 6th in his class, out of 188 fellow students. Jerry earned a B.A. in history at Hendrix College in Conway in 1988, including some study overseas at the University of London. He then attended the UALR School of Law and earned his J.D. in May 1991.While at the law school, Jerry tutored elementary students from the GraniteMountain projects at the Watershed Program on Wednesday nights. Thiswork earned him the 1989 Governor’s Volunteer Excellence Award fromthen-Governor Bill Clinton. Since receiving his law license in August of1991, Jerry served Pulaski County as a deputy prosecutor for four years. Jerry started his own practice twenty-six years ago and has sat as a special judge in nine of Pulaski County’s circuit and district courts.Following the problems with elections in Pulaski County during 2002, Jerrywas appointed to the Pulaski County Election Commission in 2003, where heserved as its chairman for 2 1/2 years. Jerry was elected president of theArkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2002, the third largeststatewide bar association, and he served on the House of Delegates for theArkansas Bar Association for six years.In 2006, Jerry was an unsuccessful candidate for the state house ofrepresentatives of the Arkansas legislature. Later that summer, Jerry wasappointed by the Speaker of the House to the Judicial Discipline andDisability Commission as an alternate member to serve a six-year term.Former Gov. Mike Beebe appointed Jerry in 2010 as a special justice on theArkansas Supreme Court. Two years later he appointed Jerry to chair theArkansas Public Defender Commission.