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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