[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1993 from Saint Louis University.

She received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1996 from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

She joined the law firm of Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow, located in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2000, and became a partner in 2002.

[4] On April 15, 2017, Baker blocked executions by the State of Arkansas, citing concerns over the use of midazolam, a drug used for sedation.

Arkansas had planned to execute eight prisoners in the two weeks before the expiration date on one of the state's lethal injection drugs.