William Roy Wilson Jr. (December 18, 1939 – October 27, 2025) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Billy Roy Wilson
Arkansas Eastern District Court
Born 1939 in Little Rock, AR
Died 2025 in Rochester, MN
FJC ID: 2612
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year
Arkansas Eastern District Court · 1993–2025
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Little Rock, Arkansas1969–1993
U.S. Navy lieutenant junior grade1966–1969- Private practice, Texarkana, Arkansas1965–1966
- Miller County, ArkansasDeputy prosecutor · 1965–1966
Appointments
1993–2025 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1965- Hendrix CollegeB.A. · 1962