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Lee Richardson, Commissioner

Commissioner Lee RichardsonExecutive Director – Legal Aid of Arkansas

B.A. Political Science, 1983, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
J.D., 1987, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Lee Richardson is a native of Melbourne, Arkansas and a graduate of Melbourne High School.   He was admitted to practice in Arkansas in 1987 and began his legal career in solo practice in Melbourne, then had a brief stint as an Inmate Attorney for the Arkansas Department of Corrections before joining Legal Services of Northeast Arkansas in 1991.   During his Legal Aid career, he has served in several capacities including staff attorney, managing attorney, litigation director, and deputy director.  In 2005, Mr. Richardson became the executive director for Legal Aid of Arkansas. He had previously served for two years as executive director of Legal Services of Northeast Arkansas. 

Mr. Richardson is a member of the Arkansas and Craighead County Bar Associations.  He currently serves on the Arkansas Bar Association Legal Services and Diversity Committees.  He is also a member of the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association Leadership and Diversity Committee. He is an ex-officio member of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission and serves on the board of Arkansas Volunteer Lawyers for the Elderly. 

Mr. Richardson is married to Ronda Richardson, a secondary math teacher for Jonesboro Public Schools. They have two children, Victor, a senior at Arkansas State University, and Sabrina, a sixth grader.

Legal Aid of Arkansas is a nonprofit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income clients in civil cases for 31 counties in Arkansas.



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