Background
Fogleman, John Albert was born on November 5, 1911 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Franklin and Julia (McAdams) Fogleman.
Fogleman, John Albert was born on November 5, 1911 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Franklin and Julia (McAdams) Fogleman.
Student, University Arkansas, 1931. Bachelor of Laws, University Memphis, 1934.
Deputy circuit court clerk, Crittenden County, 1933-1934;
private practice law, 1934-1944;
partner, Hale & Fogleman, Marion and West Memphis, Arkansas, 1944-1966;
deputy prosecuting attorney, Crittenden County, 1946-1957;
associate justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1967-1979;
chief justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1980;
of counsel firm, Gill Skokos Simpson Buford & Owen, Little Rock, 1981-1986;
of counsel, Gill and Elrod, 1986-1992;
of counsel, Gill, Wallace, Clayton, Fleming, Elrod and Green, Little Rock, 1992-1993;
of counsel, Gill, Fleming & Elrod, Little Rock, 1993;
of counsel, Gill Law Firm, since 1994. Member State Board Law Examiners, 1960-1963. Chairman Arkansas Judiciary Commission, 1963-1965.
Member Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission, 1967, Federal-State Judicial Council, Arkansas, 1971-1975, Arkansas Criminal Code Revision Committee, 1972-1974. Lecturer School Law, U. Arkansas, Little Rock, 1981. Associate justice Delta Theta Phi, 1981-1993, chief justice, 1993-1995.
Member: Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners, 1960-1963. Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission, 1967-1968. Arkansas Criminal Code Revision Committee, 1974-1975.
Chairman, Arkansas Judiciary Commission, 1963-1965.
Member: Crittenden County (President, 1939), Arkansas (President, 1958. Outstanding Lawyer Award, 1983-1984) and American Bar Associations.
Arkansas Judicial Council. American Judicature Society.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation. Arkansas Bar Foundation.
Married Annis Adell Appleby, October 24, 1933. Children: John Albert, Annis Adell Fogleman Anderson, Mary Barton Fogleman Williams.