U.S. Department
of Justice
Former United States Attorney Cody Hiland
Cody Hiland
Former United States Attorney
Mr. Hiland is a Conway native and has lived in Arkansas his entire life. He received his J.D. from the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock and his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Arkansas. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Hiland was elected prosecuting attorney for the 20th Judicial District of Arkansas in 2010, and re-elected in 2014.
Before beginning a career in law enforcement Mr. Hiland was a partner at Hiland, Thomas & Cox, PLLC; a staff attorney and rural and community liaison for the Arkansas Public Service Commission; the program director for the Arkansas Transitional Employment Board; and, a legislative liaison and aide to Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Mr. Hiland succeeds Patrick C. Harris, who had served as acting U.S. Attorney since Christopher Thyer’s resignation on March 13, 2017.
United States Attorney Listing of District of Arkansas and Eastern District of Arkansas
District of Arkansas
| Samuel C. Roane | 1820 - 1836 |
| Thomas I. Lacey | 1836 |
| Grandison D. Royston | 1836 |
| Samuel S. Hall | 1836 - 1838 |
| William C. Scott | 1838 - 1841 |
| Absalom Fowler | 1841 - 1843 |
| Grandison D. Royston | 1843 - 1844 |
| Samuel H. Hempstead | 1844 - 1850 |
| Absalom Fowler | 1850 |
Eastern District of Arkansas
| Joseph Stillwell | 1852 | Samuel Rorex | 1939 - 1946 |
| James W. McConaughey | 1853 - 1854 | James T. Gooch | 1946 - 1953 |
| Lafayette B. Luckie | 1856 | Osro Cobb | 1953 - 1962 |
| John C. Murray | 1856 | Robert D. Smith, Jr. | 1962 - 1967 |
| Read Fletcher | 1856 - 1857 | Woodrow H. McClellan | 1967 - 1968 |
| Charles A. Carroll | 1857 | Wilbur H. Dillahunty | 1968 - 1979 |
| John M. Harrell | 1857 - 1858 | George W. Proctor | 1979 - 1987 |
| Charles E. Jordan | 1861 | Kenneth H. Stoll | 1987 |
| S. R. Harrington | 1871 - 1876 | Charles A. Banks | 1987 - 1993 |
| Charles C. Waters | 1876 - 1885 | Richard M. Pence, Jr. | 1993 |
| Joseph W. House | 1885 - 1889 | Paula Jean Casey | 1993 - 2000 |
| Charles C. Waters | 1889 - 1893 | Michael D. Johnson | 2001 |
| Joseph W. House | 1893 - 1897 | H. E. (Bud) Cummins | 2001 - 2006 |
| Jacob Trieber | 1897 - 1900 | J. Timothy Griffin | 2006 - 2007 |
| William G. Whipple | 1900 - 1913 | Jane W. Duke | 2007 - 2010 |
| William H. Martin | 1913 - 1919 | Christopher R. Thyer | 2010 - 2017 |
| June P. Wooten | 1919 - 1922 | Patrick C. Harris | 2017 |
| Wallace Townsend | 1930 - 1934 | Cody Hiland | 2017 - Present |
| Fred A. Isgrig | 1934 - 1939 |
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