Paul Dumas

1999 - 2020

Southern Christian Home

Outside Counsel

2013 - 2018

Prosecutor

Morrilton City Attorney

2005 - 2015

Southwestern Energy Company (SWN)

Outside Counsel: Arkansas Operations in Fayetteville Shale Play

As outside counsel for Southwestern Energy Company (SWN), Mr. Dumas was responsible for developing, implementing and litigating the protocol and standard operating procedures (SOP) for all of SWN and it’s subsidiaries surface operations in Arkansas. Representing 4 divisions, Mr. Dumas worked closely with SWN senior management at the corporate office in Houston, Texas, senior operations management in SWN’s corporate office in Conway, Arkansas, as well as personally working with supervisors and entry level workers in the field. Through his extensive knowledge of oil & gas law, along with his eagerness to glean institutional knowledge from a broad spectrum of people at all levels of the company, Mr. Dumas was able to develop an innovative state of the art protocol that industry insiders still consider “cutting edge.” The contributions of Mr. Dumas and his peers, played a significant role in creating a business friendly environment for the oil & gas industry to operate and flourish in Arkansas as they explored and developed the immense, previously untapped natural gas reserves underneath the surface of Arkansas found in the Fayetteville Shale Play.

2009 - 2012

Arkansas Ethics Commission

Chairman

Appointed by President Pro Tempore of the Senate

2004 - 2009

City of Perryville

Prosecutor

2003 - 2009

Conway County District Court, OP Div

Judge

1998 - 2009

City of Plumerville

Prosecutor

2003 - 2003

Perry County Circuit Court

Circuit Judge

Appointment as Special Circuit Judge by the Honorable Judge Collins Kilgore

1996 - 1997

United States Senate

Legislative Staff

Senior campaign staff for 1st Republican US Senator elected in Arkansas since Reconstruction** Member of Legislative staff for United States Senator: Washington D.C.

1989 - 1993

Ouachita Baptist University

B.S. (1993) | Political Science/History

Honors: Magna Cum Laude