J. Cody Hiland

James Cody Hiland[1] (born 1972)[2] is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court since 2023.

He graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 1993[3] and from the William H. Bowen School of Law in 1998 with a Juris Doctor.

[4] Hiland was elected to serve as the prosecuting attorney for the 20th Judicial District of Arkansas in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014.

[5] Hiland served as a partner at Hiland, Thomas & Cox, PLLC; a staff attorney and rural and community liaison for the Arkansas Public Service Commission; program director for the Arkansas Transitional Employment Board; and legislative liaison and aide to Mike Huckabee.

[10] In July 2023, upon the death of Justice Robin F. Wynne, he was appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.