Harry Earnest Cummins, III, known as Bud Cummins (born August 6, 1959), is an American attorney, businessman and politician. He served as United States Attorney with five years of service from 2001 to 2006 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Career Cummins was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Arkansas and eventually moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1989, he obtained a J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Subsequently, he served as a law clerk for United States Magistrate Judge John F. Forster, and later was clerk to chief United States District Judge Stephen M. Reasoner. After his federal clerkships, he set up a private law practice. In 1996, he ran as a Republican candidate for Arkansas' second district in the House of Representatives. He lost roughly 52 percent to 48 percent to Democrat Vic Snyder. He later served as Governor Mike Huckabee's chief legal counsel. In 2000, he was an elector representing Arkansas' second electoral district at the Electoral College and cast his vote for Texas Governor George W. Bush. In 2001, shortly after becoming President of the United States, Bush nominated Cummins to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, a position that he held until 2006. During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, his office successfully investigated and prosecuted several high-profile cases including the conviction of a group responsible for the largest theft of electronic personal identity data up to that time. After leaving the U.S. Attorney's Office, Cummins re-entered private practice, specializing in white-collar criminal matters, complex multi-party litigation, and compliance. His firm provides compliance services to state regulated cannabis cultivation and dispensary companies. In 2017, Cummins joined Avenue Strategies, a consulting, advocacy, public affairs and management group in Washington, D.C. Cummins now practices as both a lawyer and a lobbyist, also represents DOJ white collar targets in the U.S. or international clients targeted by DOJ or the Treasury Department. In 2015, Cummins re-entered the political arena when he agreed to serve as the Arkansas chairman for the presidential campaign of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Cummins and Christie served together as U.S. Attorneys during the George W. Bush administration. After Christie withdrew from the 2016 presidential primary race, Cummins subsequently agreed to serve as Arkansas chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Cummins