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Biography:

Mr. Mays received his B.A. Degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. where he was awarded the Phi Beta Kappa award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement. He subsequently attended the University of Arkansas School of Law where he served on the Law Review. Following law school, Mr. Mays worked at the United States Justice Department in Washington, D.C. under the Attorney General Graduate Program and eventually returned to Arkansas to serve as Pulaski County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Thereafter, Mr. Mays entered the private practice of law and while practicing law was also elected to the Arkansas General Assembly in 1972, becoming the first African American elected to that body in the 20th Century. Mr. Mays is a former Arkansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by President Clinton during his first term as Governor of Arkansas. In 1990, Mr. Mays was appointed to the Arkansas Ethics Commission by then Governor Clinton and served as its first chairman. During the 1992 presidential campaign, Mr. Mays served as a member of the Clinton-Gore National Finance Committee and later as a National Co-Chairman of the Inaugural Committee. In 1993, Mr. Mays was appointed Deputy Treasurer of the Democratic National Finance Committee. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Mays was also employed as a Senior Vice-President of Cassidy & Associates, one of the largest public affairs firms in Washington, D.C.