The Alaska Judicial Council recommends that Alaskans vote “YES” to retain Anchorage District Court Judge

J. Patrick Hanley has been a District Court Judge since 2005.

He was appointed by Governor Frank Murkowski.

Alaska Judicial Council Evaluation Materials

• Voter Pamphlet Page (Council summary of the judge’s performance)
• Attorney Survey Ratings (All surveys use a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest rating)
• Peace and Probation Officer Survey Ratings
• Social Worker and Guardian ad Litem Survey Ratings - (No ratings based on direct professional experience)
• Juror Survey Ratings
• Court Employee Survey Ratings
• Survey Ratings from Previous Evaluations
• Alaska Judicial Observers Ratings (Community-based volunteer court observers)
• 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 Withholdings (How often a judge’s pay was withheld for unfinished work)
• Judge Questionnaire (Judge’s response to a Judicial Council questionnaire)
• Survey Ratings for all Judges on the 2012 Ballot