Matthew J. Shepherd

 

Education

• University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 2001
• Ouachita Baptist University, B.A., History & Political Science, magna cum laude, 1998

Noteworthy

• Member Arkansas House of Representatives
• Speaker of the House, 2018 to 2024
• State Representative, District 97, Arkansas House of Representatives, 2011 to present
• Chairman, Joint Committee on Energy, 2025-Present
• Chairman, House Judiciary Committee, 2015 to 2018
• Chairman, House Agriculture, Forestry, & Economic Development Committee, 2013 to 2015
• Arkansas Code Revision Commission, Chairman
• Selected to the Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars List, 2016
• El Dorado News-Times, Readers’ Choice Awards, Best Attorney
• Aspen Institute, Rodel Fellow, Class of 2018
• El Dorado Civil Service Commission, El Dorado Planning & Zoning Commission, and Union County Election Commission, Former Member

Associations and Memberships

• Arkansas Bar Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Union County Bar Association
• Federalist Society
• El Dorado Fifty for the Future, Inc., Board Member
• Arkansas Baptist Foundation, Board Member
• Boys and Girls Club of El Dorado, Board Member
• The Boomtown Classic, Inc., Chairman and President
• Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Former Executive Board Member
• First Baptist Church, El Dorado, Deacon and Sunday School Teacher

Admissions

• Arkansas
• Louisiana
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• United State Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas