Current Biographical Statements Submitted by Applicants
Click on an applicant's name to read the biographical statement submitted by the applicant. If you have difficulty accessing these documents, please contact the Council at (907) 279-2526.
Applicants for Anchorage District Court
Michael John Branson: Mr. Branson has been an Alaska resident for 44 years and has been practicing law for 9 years. He graduated from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 2016 and is currently in private practice.
Ronald Dupuis: Mr. Dupuis has been an Alaska resident for 15 years and has been practicing law for 15 years. He graduated from Vermont Law School in 2009 and is currently an assistant attorney general with the Office of Special Prosecutions in Anchorage.
John Haley: Mr. Haley has been an Alaska resident for 12 years and has been practicing law for 12 years. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 2013 and is currently a senior assistant attorney general with the Department of Law.
Lindsay Ingaldson: Ms. Ingaldson has been an Alaska resident for 37 years and has been practicing law for 6½ years. She graduated from Mitchell Hamline College of Law (William Michell College of Law) in 2017 and is currently an assistant attorney general with the Office of Special Prosecutions in Anchorage.
Julia Metzger: Ms. Metzger has been an Alaska resident for 13½ years and has been practicing law for 13 years. She graduated from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law in 2011 and is currently a supervising assistant public advocate with the Office of Public Advocacy in Anchorage.
Ben Muse: Mr. Muse has been an Alaska resident for 44 years and has been practicing law for 15 years. He graduated from the Gonzaga University School of Law in 2010 and is currently an assistant federal defender in Anchorage.
Eric Salinger: Mr. Salinger has been an Alaska resident for 12½ years and has been practicing law for 12½ years. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2013 and is currently an administrative law judge in Anchorage.
Erin White: Ms. White has been an Alaska resident for 29 years and has been practicing law for 34 years. She graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1990 and is currently an assistant district attorney with the Department of Law in Anchorage.
Matt Widmer: Mr. Widmer has been an Alaska resident for 20 years and has been practicing law for 20 years. He graduated from William & Mary Law School in 2005 and is currently in private practice in Anchorage.
Christopher Yandel: Mr. Yandel has been an Alaska resident for 6½ years and has been practicing law for 8 years. He graduated from the University of California Berkeley School of Law in 2017 and is currently an assistant attorney general with the Department of Law in Anchorage.
Applicants for Bethel District Court
Joy Anderson: Ms. Anderson has been an Alaska resident for 12 years and has been practicing law for 13 years. She graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2011 and is currently a co-director of the Community Justice Worker Resource Center at Alaska Legal Services in Bethel.
David R. Boyer: Mr. Boyer has been an Alaska resident for 8 years and has been practicing law for 25½ years. He graduated from Brigham Young University – J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1999 and is currently an assistant attorney general with the Department of Law.
Jason Conrad: Mr. Conrad has been an Alaska resident for 5 years and has been practicing law for 5 years. He graduated from the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in 2020 and is currently an assistant district attorney with the Department of Law in Bethel.
Roberta C. Erwin: Ms. Erwin has been an Alaska resident for 57½ years and has been practicing law for 31½ years. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound School of Law in 1994 and is currently in private practice in Anchorage.
