Background
Kester, Charles Melvin was born on January 19, 1968 in Batesville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Monty Charles and Phyllis Smith Kester.
Kester, Charles Melvin was born on January 19, 1968 in Batesville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Monty Charles and Phyllis Smith Kester.
Liberty University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1991). Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1994).
Worked at Charles M. Kester, The Property Letting Centre (Fayetteville, Arkansas) specializing in Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice, White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1994, Arkansas. 1995, United States. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and United States.
Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Phi Sigma Tau; Phi Alpha Delta. Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1993-1994.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Magill, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1994-1995.
Author: "The Language of Law, the Sociology of Science and the Troubles of Translation: Defining the Proper Role for Scientific Evidence of Cassation," 74 NEB.L.R. 529 (1995).
"Is There a Person in That Body?: An Argument for the Priority of Persons and the Need for a New Legal Paradigm," 82 GEO.L.J. 1643 (1994). "Appellate Review of Sentences," 81 GEO.L.J. 1545 (1993). Member, National Speleological Society.
Member: Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas and American (Member, Appellate Practice Committee) Bar Associations.
Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.
Member of Arkansas Bar Association (appellate practice committee 1997—2000, young lawyers section advisory council 1998-1999, secretary labor and employment law section 2002, chair 2004), Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (amicus curiae committee 1997—2006), Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Cheryl Goodwin, June 1, 1991.