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VietnameseGriffin: ‘In addition to winning awards, preserving one of downtown Little Rock’s treasures, and providing an ideal space for the Office of the Attorney General, our building will save taxpayers significant money when the State purchases it’
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin announced that the Bob R. Brooks Jr. Justice Building has received the 2026 Glass Magazine Award for Best Retrospective Project.
Griffin issued the following statement:
“The Bob R. Brooks Jr. Justice Building is an important part of Arkansas history, and I am proud that its restoration has received national recognition. This award recognizes the remarkable transformation of a historic Arkansas building into a modern home for the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office.
“My dear friend Bob R. Brooks Jr. was instrumental in making the renovation of this building a reality, and it is especially meaningful to see the building that bears his name receive this recognition. I am grateful to everyone whose work helped preserve and improve this historic building so it can continue serving Arkansans for generations to come.
“In addition to winning awards, preserving one of downtown Little Rock’s treasures, and providing an ideal space for the Office of the Attorney General, our building will save taxpayers significant money when the State purchases it. Bob would be proud to know that this building is benefiting Arkansans in so many ways.”
The Bob R. Brooks Jr. Justice Building, formerly known as the Boyle Building, was built in 1909 and was the tallest building in Arkansas when completed. The historic 12-story building had been vacant for nearly 26 years before its redevelopment. The Office of the Attorney General completed its move into the renovated building in June 2025.
Glass Magazine’s annual awards recognize outstanding projects, products, programs, and personnel in the glass industry. The Bob R. Brooks Jr. Justice Building was named Best Retrospective Project.
The award was presented during GlassBuild America in Las Vegas on September 23. The restoration of the Bob R. Brooks Jr. Justice Building has received several additional honors, including the 2025 Arkansas Preservation Award for Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation, the 2025 Downtown Little Rock Partnership Top of the Rock Award, the 2026 Quapaw Quarter Association Award of Merit, and a 2026 CoStar Impact Award.
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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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