The nominees: Anchorage Superior Court Judge Dani Crosby, Department of Law attorney Kate Demarest, Fairbanks attorney Aimee Oravec and Sitka Superior Court Judge Jude Pate. (via AlaskaBeacon)
The Boney Courthouse building in Anchorage holds the Alaska Supreme Court chambers.
If Dunleavy picks one of the female applicants, there would be three women on the five-person court, creating the first majority-female Supreme Court in state history. If he selects Pate, it would add the court’s only member off the road system. All current justices are from Fairbanks or Anchorage. The council voted against the nominations of Kotzebue Superior Court Judge Paul Roetman, Anchorage attorney Holly Wells and Department of Law attorney Margaret Paton-Walsh. to replace Daniel Winfree, who will retire early next year due to reaching the maximum allowed age.
In November, Demarest was named one of six nominees for two Anchorage Superior Court seats, and Dunleavy has until the first week of January to make final selections. If he chooses Demarest for the Superior Court, she would no longer be in the running for the Supreme Court.
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