Pine Bluff City Attorney Althea E. Hadden-Scott will run for a fifth term.
Hadden-Scott presides over an office that prosecutes cases in the Pine Bluff District Court and Jefferson County Circuit Court, Juvenile Division.
Her duties include providing legal advice to city officials, department heads and residents on numerous issues. As the chief legal counsel for the city of Pine Bluff, she regularly interprets local ordinances, regulations and state and federal law, according to a news release.
“I take pride in rendering opinions that will equip those who are charged with enforcing the law with the legal standing that will allow them to confidently execute the law or pursue a course of action, without exposing the city to litigation. Occasionally, an opinion will prove to be controversial, but I strive to ensure my office vets the issue objectively and impartially,” Hadden-Scott said.
Before being elected city attorney in 2010, she worked in private practice for nine years; served as an attorney ad litem for Department of Human Services cases; sat as special judge in felony, misdemeanor, juvenile and domestic cases; served as a deputy prosecutor for two years; and is admitted to practice in federal court.
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Hadden-Scott was admitted to the Arkansas bar in March 1999. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in December 1998 and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in December 1994.
Additionally, she served in the United States Army for three years on active duty, where she received an Army Commendation Medal and was honorably discharged in April 1990.
Hadden-Scott is a member of the Jefferson County Bar Association, the Arkansas Bar Association and the Arkansas City Attorney’s Association.
She is a board member of the Child Advocacy Center of Southeast Arkansas and deaconess at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church. She is a Past Worthy Matron of ADAH Chapter 424 – Order of Eastern Star and a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Hadden-Scott is the wife of Carl Scott Sr. and the mother of six children: Brandon, Chylon, Anthony Jr., Gregory, Tyson and Marie.
The party filing period is Nov. 3-11, according to the secretary of state’s office. The primary election is March 3, 2026.