Jim Guy Tucker
James "Jim" Guy Tucker, Jr. (born June 13, 1943) is a former governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas.
Tucker resigned the governorship on July 16, 1996, after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater scandal although the conviction was not directly related to that investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton's real estate and related business dealings.
Tucker, whose liver problems were seriously debilitating him and threatened his life (he had nearly died from gastro-intestinal bleeding in 1994, and had steadily worsened since), received a lenient sentence of four years' probation and house detention in part because of his poor health. In 1997, Tucker received a liver transplant at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Tucker is currently a resident of Little Rock; in recent years he has avoided the media spotlight. He has spent much of his time in Indonesia, where he heads up an Asian trading concern.
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It traces its origin to November 1, 1820, sixteen years before Arkansas statehood, when Robert Crittenden, born 1797, and Chester Ashley, born 1791, entered into an agreement for a "Partnership in the Practice of Law." The firm's name changed over the years as partners were added. "Rose" was added to the firm's name in 1865 when Uriah Milton Rose joined the firm. A statue of Rose stands in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol.
By the late 1970s, the firm had nine partners and a long name - Rose, Nash, Williamson, Carroll, Clay & Giroir. The firm simplified its name to Rose Law Firm in 1980.
Rose Law Firm members have historically been active in politics and civic affairs. Robert Crittenden served as Arkansas' territorial governor and negotiated Arkansas' admission to the United States as the 25th state in 1836. Chester Ashley served as a United States Senator from Arkansas. U.M. Rose co-founded the American Bar Association and served as its president in 1901-1902. Rose was later appointed the American representative to the Second Hague Peace Conference and was instrumental in drafting the Hague Convention. Six of the firm's members have served on the Arkansas Supreme Court (three as Chief Justice), and six members have also served as President of the Arkansas Bar Association.
In the economic realm, Rose has been termed "the ultimate establishment law firm" in the state; during the 1970s, for example, its clients included Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart, large brokerage Stephens, Inc., Worthen Bank, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and other Hussman family media holdings.
Hillary Rodham Clinton was the firm's first female associate, and soon first female partner, during her husband Bill Clinton's tenure as Governor of Arkansas, and Webster Hubbell was also a partner before serving as Assistant Attorney General under President Clinton. Clinton administration deputy White House counsel Vince Foster was a partner, as well.
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