Stephen M. Reasoner

Stephen Matthew Reasoner (May 7, 1944 – August 14, 2004) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Houston, Texas, Reasoner received a B.A. from the University of Arkansas in 1966 and a J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1969. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1969 to 1973. He was in private practice in Jonesboro, Arkansas from 1969 to 1988.

Reasoner was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Reasoner was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on December 19, 1987, to a seat vacated by William Ray Overton. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1988, and received his commission on February 26, 1988. He served as chief judge from 1991 to 1998. He assumed senior status on September 17, 2002. Reasoner served in that capacity until August 14, 2004, the day he died in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sources

• Stephen M. Reasoner at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.