Bobby McCallister resigned his circuit judgeship Friday as he’d previously agreed to settle a complaint by the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission.
He’d been suspended from the bench when an investigation began of his admission in his divorce case that he hadn’t filed state and federal income tax returns for a number of years.
The formal completion of the deal was filed Friday. McCallister, who’d been a judge in Saline County since January 2009, will not be eligible to serve as a judge again. A criminal case is pending against McCallister, who still retains a law license.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson recently named Barbara Webb, wife of state Republican Party Chair Doyle Webb, to replace McCallister until a successor can be elected.