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VietnameseGriffin: ‘The upgrades include adding thousands of previously unsearchable opinions from decades ago and greatly enhancing the text-search function’
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement outlining recent upgrades to the Opinions Search feature on his office’s website, www.ArkansasAG.gov:
“I am excited to announce upgrades to the Opinions Search feature of our website. These upgrades have made the process of accessing official AG opinions much easier and have expanded the feature’s capabilities.
“After receiving feedback from constituents about ways we could improve the search feature, I directed my IT team to work with my Opinions & FOIA Division to identify and execute ways we could enhance the system. The upgrades include adding thousands of previously unsearchable opinions from decades ago and greatly enhancing the text-search function.
“Improving the entire process surrounding official AG opinions was a priority of mine when I took office in 2023, and I am extremely proud of the progress we’ve made in reducing the turnaround time of opinion requests and increasing the number of opinions issued. It is important to lawmakers, the legal community, and the general public that we maintain a streamlined, professional, and consistent system of issuing AG opinions, and I remain committed to that goal. These upgrades to our website reflect that commitment.
“I am grateful to my Chief Information Officer, Paul Davis, for his phenomenal work on this project, and to my Opinions & FOIA Division, which is led by Deputy Attorney General Kelly Summerside.”
To access the Opinions Search feature, go to arkansasag.gov/divisions/opinions-foia/attorney-general-opinions-search/.
To download a PDF version of this release, click here.
About Attorney General Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin was sworn in as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 10, 2023, having previously served as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023. From 2011-2015, Griffin served as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District, where he served on the House Committee on Ways and Means, House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Ethics and House Committee on the Judiciary while also serving as a Deputy Whip for the Majority.
Griffin is currently an officer in the Arkansas Army National Guard and holds the rank of colonel. Griffin served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for more than 28 years. In 2005, Griffin was mobilized to active duty as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq.
His previous assignments include serving as the Commander of the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans, Louisiana; the Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and as a Senior Legislative Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Pentagon. Griffin earned a master’s degree in strategic studies as a Distinguished Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
Griffin also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Arkansas; Senior Investigative Counsel, Government Reform and Oversight Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; and Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett, In re: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.
Griffin is a graduate of Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway, and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He attended graduate school at Oxford University. He is admitted to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife, Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their three children.
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