# Michelle Davenport Michelle L. Davenport is ARDOT's Chief Legal Counsel and the principal document editor visible in the LPR rulemaking files. Her signature block states “CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL / ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION” ([[New LPR Rule BLR Routing]], `Re__New_Rule--License_Plate_Reader_Rules.pdf`, p. 1). Direct and mobile numbers in the produced signature block are not republished. ## Role and affiliations Davenport routed ARDOT's rule material for legislative review and appears as the author of the tracked insertions throughout both supplemental DOCX files. The July 8 insertions implement the authorized-use, agency-identification, and statutory-citation comment dispositions ([[July 7 2026 Post-Comment LPR Rules Draft]], ¶¶ P0044, P0047, P0057). ## Appearances in the corpus - [[New LPR Rule BLR Routing]] — identifies her title and rule-routing role. - [[March 17 2026 Rule Draft Format Revision]] — last modifier and tracked-revision author for the format branch. - [[July 7 2026 Post-Comment LPR Rules Draft]] — last modifier and tracked-revision author for the post-comment branch. - [[July 10 2026 Public Comment Dispositions]] — linked implementation record. ## Notes The tracked-revision metadata establishes authorship of edits, not sole approval authority for the policy decisions.