Judicial Evaluation Materials for Judges Standing for Retention in 2012
For more information about the Judicial Council's 2012 Retention Recommendations, visit the Press Release dated September 5, 2012.
Visit the Judges' links below to view retention performance evaluations.
Supreme Court:
Supreme Court Justice Daniel E. Winfree
Court of Appeals:
Court of Appeals Judge Joel H. Bolger
First Judicial District:
Superior Court Judge William Barker Carey - Ketchikan
District Court Judge Keith B. Levy - Juneau
District Court Judge Thomas G. Nave - Juneau
Second Judicial District:
Superior Court Judge Michael I. Jeffery - Barrow
Third Judicial District:
Superior Court Judge Steve W. Cole - Kodiak
Superior Court Judge Gregory Louis Heath - Palmer
Superior Court Judge Charles T. Huguelet - Kenai
Superior Court Judge William F. Morse - Anchorage
Superior Court Judge Frank A. Pfiffner - Anchorage
Superior Court Judge Eric Smith - Palmer
Superior Court Judge John Suddock - Anchorage
Superior Court Judge Sen K. Tan - Anchorage
Superior Court Judge Philip R. Volland - Anchorage
Superior Court Judge Michael L. Wolverton - Anchorage
District Court Judge J. Patrick Hanley - Anchorage
District Court Judge Margaret L. Murphy - Homer
District Court Judge Daniel Schally - Valdez
District Court Judge Alex M. Swiderski - Anchorage
District Court Judge David R. Wallace - Anchorage
District Court Judge Pamela Scott Washington - Anchorage
District Court Judge David L. Zwink - Palmer
Fourth Judicial District:
Superior Court Judge Paul R. Lyle - Fairbanks
Superior Court Judge Michael P. McConahy - Fairbanks
District Court Judge Patrick S. Hammers - Fairbanks
Judicial Council Surveys:
Other Information:
- Peremptory Challenge Rate (How often a party requested assignment of a new judge)
- Recusal Rate (How often a judge disqualified himself or herself due to a conflict of interest)
- Appellate Affirmance Rate (How often a trial judge was affirmed or reversed on appeal)
- Salary Warrant Withholding
Retention Press Releases:
- Press Release (September 5, 2012) - Retain all Judges on the Ballot in 2012
- Press Release (May 9, 2012) - Solicit Comments About Judges on the Ballot in 2012
