Richard Leon Mays Sr. (born August 5, 1943) an American retired politician, judge, lawyer, and businessman from the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Richard Mays graduated from Horace Mann High School in 1961 and received his bachelor's degree from Howard University in 1965.
[1][2][3] After graduation, Mays worked as a U.S. Justice Department trial attorney before returning to Little Rock a year later as a deputy prosecutor.
[3][2][4][1] In 1972, Mays ran for a heavily Democratic seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, losing the primary election to Arkansas Attorney General Ray Thornton.
In December 1979, Governor Bill Clinton appointed Mays to the Arkansas Supreme Court to fill out the unexpired term of Justice Conley Byrd, who retired due to ill health.