Professor Sullivan’s Scholarship & Service

Sullivan, Tom. Psychiatric Issues and Expert Testimony in Arkansas Death Penalty Cases. Arkansas State Hospital, Little Rock, AR (April 21, 2021). The lecture was for the Forensic Didactics Fellowship sponsored … Professor Sullivan lectured on psychiatric issues and expert testimony

UA Little Rock annually celebrates the achievements of the top professors of the year who are making a difference in the community through their contributions in teaching, research and creative … Bowen honors faculty excellence recipients

Sullivan, Thomas, COVID-19’s Complications for Family Law Counsel: Domestic Violence and Threats to the Well-Being of Children, 10 Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service 1 (2020). The COVID-19 … Professor Sullivan publishes article on COVID-19, domestic violence, and family law practitioners

Sullivan, J. Thomas, Ethical and Aggressive Appellate Advocacy: the Decision to Petition for Certiorari in Criminal Cases, 51 St. Mary’s Law Journal 585 (2020). In this article Professor Sullivan addresses … Distinguished Professor J. Thomas Sullivan published Ethical and Aggressive Appellate Advocacy: the Decision to Petition for Certiorari in Criminal Cases

Sullivan, J. Thomas, A Jurisdictional Skirmish in the Arkansas Appellate Courts and a New Direction for Rule 37.1 Appeals, 41 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 319 (2019).

Sullivan, J. Thomas. Psychiatric Issues in Arkansas Capital Sentencing Proceedings. UAMS Department of Psychiatry Forensic Didactics program, Little Rock, AR (Apr. 24, 2019).

Sullivan, J. Thomas.  The Arkansas Capital Sentencing Process: Mental State Issues and Psychiatric Evidence. Department of Psychiatry Forensic Didactics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR (Apr. 23, … Professor Sullivan lectured on capital sentencing and mental state

Sullivan, Thomas. “Counsel’s Ethical Obligations in Representing the Mentally-Impaired Criminal Defendant.” Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service 7th Annual Symposium, UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of … Professor Sullivan spoke on ethical obligations in representing mentally impaired criminal defendants

Tom Sullivan represented ADC inmate Vernell Conley before the Arkansas Supreme Court in Conley v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, challenging the lawfulness of Conley’s 60-year sentence as … Professor Sullivan represents inmate before the Arkansas Supreme Court

Professor Sullivan testified as an expert witness called by the defense in Randy William Gay v. State of Arkansas on December 6-7th, 2018, in Garland County Circuit Court.  He testified … Professor Sullivan testified as a defense expert witness in Gay v. State