47 Facts About Dustin McDaniel

Dustin Blake McDaniel was born on April 29,1972 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 55th Attorney General of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015.

Dustin McDaniel is the Office Managing Partner of Cozen O'Connor's Little Rock, Arkansas office.

Dustin McDaniel's practice focuses on attorney general investigations, consumer protection and administrative law issues, multi-state litigation, antitrust laws, tobacco laws, gaming laws, Medicaid fraud and digital privacy laws.

Dustin McDaniel is licensed in Arkansas, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia and enjoys a national law practice representing individuals and some of America's largest law firms and corporations.

Dustin McDaniel advises clients across a wide range of industries from healthcare to technology, with a focus on highly regulated industries.

Dustin McDaniel has successfully argued before the US Supreme Court.

Dustin McDaniel is recognized by Arkansas Business as one of the Arkansas 250, the state's most influential leaders.

Dustin McDaniel has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America for his government relations practice.

Dustin McDaniel has served as an adjunct professor of law at the UALR William H Bowen School of Law.

Dustin McDaniel is the oldest son of Bobby McDaniel and Melody Gammon Konnerth.

Dustin McDaniel has one sibling, Brett Anthony Dustin McDaniel, an attorney in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Dustin McDaniel attended Jonesboro, Arkansas Public Schools, graduating from Jonesboro High School in 1990.

Dustin McDaniel attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he was a student at the Sam M Walton College of Business.

Dustin McDaniel is a member of the Xi Chapter Kappa Sigma fraternity and the President of the Interfraternity Council.

Dustin McDaniel graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration in 1994.

In 1996, McDaniel enrolled at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's William H Bowen School of Law.

Dustin McDaniel was elected Honor Council Prosecutor at Bowen and served as Assistant Articles Editor for the UALR Law Review.

Dustin McDaniel continues to serve on the law school's Dean's Advisory Council.

Dustin McDaniel attended the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in Camden, Arkansas.

Dustin McDaniel served as a full-time patrolman with JPD from 1994 to 1996.

From 2000 to 2017, Dustin McDaniel was assigned to the Department's Training Division as a Part-Time Category II member of the force.

Dustin McDaniel has served as a part-time volunteer deputy to the Poinsett County Sheriff's Department from 2017 to the present.

Dustin McDaniel saw the news breaking on CNN and drove to Jonesboro to report for duty and go to the scene.

Dustin McDaniel spoke of it often in his public life.

The suit was filed before Dustin McDaniel had a law license.

Dustin McDaniel fought back by touting his law enforcement background and being an avid hunter.

Dustin McDaniel received several awards during his private practice career, including a Golden Gavel Award from the Arkansas Bar Association for serving as Chair of the Consumer Law Handbook Committee in 2000 and a Distinguished Service Award from the Arkansas Bar Association for overseeing the Consumer Law Handbook's translation into Spanish in 2001.

Dustin McDaniel received the UALR William H Bowen School of Law Young Alumnus Award in 2002.

In 2003, Dustin McDaniel was the only attorney in Arkansas to serve on the Arkansas Bar Association's Legislation committees and the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Dustin McDaniel served as Legal Counsel for the Craighead County Democratic Central Committee and as a member of the Democratic Party of Arkansas State Committee from 2002 to 2005.

On July 1,2003, Dustin McDaniel announced his candidacy for the 75th District Arkansas House of Representatives.

Dustin McDaniel was sworn into the 85th Arkansas General Assembly in January 2005.

Dustin McDaniel was appointed co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Health Insurance and Prescription Drugs.

On June 29,2005, Dustin McDaniel announced his candidacy for Attorney General.

Dustin McDaniel faced two primary opponents, Paul Suskie and Robert Leo Herzfeld.

Dustin McDaniel won his bid for Attorney General and became the youngest attorney general in the nation when he was sworn in at the age of 34.

Dustin McDaniel instigated the "Be Street Smart" Program to raise consumer awareness of scams and cybercrimes.

Dustin McDaniel reorganized the Criminal Department of the Attorney General's Office to better address an increase in the caseload of habeas corpus and 1983 civil rights cases brought by or on behalf of death row inmates.

In 2007, McDaniel helped resolve Lake View School District No 25 v Huckabee, a fifteen-year-old case filed by the Lake View School District that examined the structure for the funding of Arkansas schools.

Dustin McDaniel worked closely with legislators during his first two years as Attorney General.

In 2009, after a year of debate and discussion between agriculture advocates and animal welfare organizations, Dustin McDaniel brokered a successful bill to address animal cruelty.

In March 2013, Dustin McDaniel announced that an arbitration panel issued a ruling allowing a settlement between Arkansas and the tobacco companies that signed the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.

In June 2012, Dustin McDaniel filed paperwork to start raising money for his 2014 campaign for Governor of Arkansas.

In 2013, Dustin McDaniel announced he would not run for governor, instead endorsing former Congressman Mike Ross for the Democratic nomination.

In July 2024, Dustin McDaniel left Dustin McDaniel Wolff to co-chair the State Attorneys General Group at Cozen O'Connor with Jerry Kilgore, former Virginia AG.

Dustin McDaniel is the national co-chair of the Society of Attorneys General Emeritus and serves on the board of trustees of the Central Arkansas Library System.

Dustin McDaniel is passionate about Arkansas duck hunting and South Dakota pheasant hunting.