List of Justices of the Alaska Supreme Court

This is a list of persons who have served as justices of the Alaska Supreme Court
Alaska Supreme Court
The Alaska Supreme Court is the state supreme court in the State of Alaska's judicial department . The supreme court is composed of the chief justice and four associate justices, who are all appointed by the governor of Alaska and face judicial retention elections and who choose one of their own...

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List of associate justices

Hometown	Born	Died	Ended term	Appt. by Governor	\|Notes
Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...				Egan William Allen Egan William Allen Egan was an American Democratic politician. He served as the first Governor of the State of Alaska from January 3, 1959 to 1966, and the fourth Governor from 1970 to 1974...	N/A	State courthouse in Anchorage is named after him.
Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...				Egan	N/A	Son of Anthony Dimond Anthony Dimond Anthony Joseph Dimond was an American Democratic Party politician who was the Alaska Territory Delegate in the United States House of Representatives for many years... . State courthouse in Juneau is named after him.
Nome Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the...				Egan	N/A	Appointed to federal judgeship.
Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...				Egan	Hodge	Lost retention election in 1964, the only justice to have done so.
Fairbanks				Egan	Arend	Appointed to what has become known colloquially as "the Fairbanks seat." Longest-serving justice. State courthouse in Fairbanks is named after him.
Anchorage				Hickel	N/A
Anchorage				Hickel	N/A	Died in office as a result of a boating accident near Houston Houston, Alaska Houston is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,202 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Houston is located at .... . State courthouse in Anchorage (one of two, and the one in which the court's sessions are held) is named after him.
Anchorage		still living		Miller Keith Harvey Miller Keith Harvey Miller is an American Republican politician from Alaska. Miller was the second Lieutenant Governor of Alaska under Walter Hickel from 1966 until Hickel's resignation to become U.S. Secretary of Interior in the Cabinet of President Richard M...	Nesbett	Younger brother of William Matthews Erwin, who represented the eastern Kenai Peninsula Kenai Peninsula The Kenai Peninsula is a large peninsula jutting from the southern coast of Alaska in the United States. The name Kenai is probably derived from Kenayskaya, the Russian name for Cook Inlet, which borders the peninsula to the west.-Geography:... in the 1st 1st Alaska State Legislature The 1st Alaska State Legislature served during 1959 and 1960. All of its members were elected on November 25, 1958, when Alaska was in its last days as a territory.-Terms:... and 2nd 2nd Alaska State Legislature -Sessions:1st session: January 23, 1961–April 7, 19612nd session: January 23, 1962–April 12, 1962-Make-up:-Members:-Sessions:1st session: January 23, 1961–April 7, 19612nd session: January 23, 1962–April 12, 1962-Make-up:... state legislatures. Was the only Alaskan-born justice until the 2007 appointment of Daniel Winfree.
Juneau				Egan	Dimond	Appointed to what has become known colloquially as "the Juneau seat." Appointed to federal judgeship.
Anchorage				Egan	Boney	Appointed to federal judgeship.
Anchorage		still living		Hammond Jay Hammond Jay Sterner Hammond was an American politician of the Republican Party, who served as the fourth Governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982.-Early life:...	Fitzgerald
Anchorage		still living		Hammond	Erwin	Second-longest-serving justice.
Juneau				Hammond	Boochever	Appointed to what has become known colloquially as "the Juneau seat."
Anchorage		still living		Sheffield	Connor
Anchorage		still living		Hickel	Burke	Grandson of R. E. Robertson R. E. Robertson Ralph Elliott Robertson , more commonly known as R. E. "Bob" Robertson, was an American lawyer and politician from the territory and state of Alaska. He was a member of the Republican Party.... .
Anchorage		still living	incumbent	Knowles Tony Knowles (politician) Anthony Carroll Knowles is an American Democratic politician and businessman who served as the seventh Governor of Alaska from December 1994 to December 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2004 and again for governor in...	Moore	First female justice.
Anchorage		still living		Knowles	Rabinowitz	Original member of the Alaska Court of Appeals Alaska Court of Appeals The Alaska Court of Appeals is an intermediary court of appeals in the State of Alaska's judicial department , created in 1980 by the Alaska Legislature as an additional appellate court to lessen the burden on the Alaska Supreme Court... . Previous to that, was U.S. Attorney for Alaska United States District Court for the District of Alaska The United States District Court for the District of Alaska is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Alaska. Offices are located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Nome... .
Juneau		still living	incumbent	Knowles	Compton	Commonly known by the nickname "Bud." Appointed to what has become known colloquially as "the Juneau seat."
Fairbanks	ca.	still living	incumbent	Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...	Bryner	Appointed to what has become known colloquially as "the Fairbanks seat."
Anchorage		still living	incumbent	Palin	Matthews
Anchorage		still living	incumbent	Parnell Sean Parnell Sean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...	Eastaugh

List of chief justices

The Supreme Court had only one chief justice, Buell Nesbett, during its first decade of existence. Alaska voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1970, months after Nesbett's retirement, which set the current limits for chief justices, namely that they are allowed to serve three-year non-consecutive terms. Chief Justices have included:

Name	Term started	Term ended	Notes
Buell A. Nesbett Buell A. Nesbett Buell Arthur Nesbett was an American soldier, lawyer, businessman, and the first Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court....	1959	1970
George Boney	May 8, 1970	August 30, 1972	Was the youngest chief justice of any state supreme court at the time. Died in office.
Jay Rabinowitz Jay Rabinowitz Jay Andrew Rabinowitz was an American lawyer, jurist, and Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court four non-consecutive terms remaining active as a justice from February 1965 to February 1997.-Early life and career:Rabinowitz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a Jewish-American family...	September 25, 1972	1975
Robert Boochever Robert Boochever Robert Boochever was a United States federal judge and a Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.Born in New York City, New York, Boochever received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1939, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and an LL.D. from Cornell Law School in 1941...	1975	1978
Jay Rabinowitz	October 1978	1981
Edmond W. Burke	1981	1984
Jay Rabinowitz	1984	1987
Warren Matthews Warren Matthews Warren W. Matthews, Jr. is a retired jurist, who served as the 8th and 12th Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. His service as a justice of that court from May 1977 to April 2009 makes him the second-longest serving justice in Alaska history, slightly less than that of Jay Rabinowitz.Born...	1987	1990
Jay Rabinowitz	1990	1992
Daniel A. Moore, Jr.	1992	1996
Allen T. Compton	1996	1997
Warren Matthews	1997	2000
Dana Fabe Dana Fabe Dana Anderson Fabe has been a member of the Alaska Supreme Court since March 1996. She has served two terms as the court's Chief Justice...	2000	2003
Alex Bryner	2003	2006
Dana Fabe	2006	2009
Walter L. Carpeneti Walter L. Carpeneti Walter L. "Bud" Carpeneti is the Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Carpeneti was the son of San Francisco Superior Court Judge Walter I. Carpeneti. After receiving an A.B. in history from Stanford University in 1967 and a J.D...	2009	incumbent

Retention election history

Election Year	Justice Name	Yes Votes	Percentage	No Votes	Percentage
1962	Nesbett	37,872	72.07	14,679	27.93
1962	Dimond	38,873	73.41	14,083	26.59
1964	Arend	29,884	46.74	34,055	53.26
1968	Rabinowitz	48,484	65.27	25,802	34.73
1972	Connor	63,502	72.78	23,752	27.22
1974	Erwin	54,907	67.48	26,460	32.52
1976	Boochever	73,062	67.31	35,476	32.69
1978	Burke	73,841	68.60	33,806	31.40
1978	Rabinowitz	72,978	67.76	34,729	32.24
1980	Matthews	75,991	53.48	66,095	46.52
1982	Connor	104,275	61.51	65,240	38.49
1984	Compton	125,759		54,968
1986	Moore	107,420		48,159
1988	Burke	124,827		46,124
1988	Rabinowitz	100,789		69,707
1990	Matthews	110,036		58,897

Next retention election for incumbents

2012 - Carpeneti, Christen, Winfree
2014 - Stowers
2020 - Fabe

It's uncertain as to whether Fabe will actually stand for retention in this election, as she will reach the mandatory retirement age for judges in Alaska the following year.

External links

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