Warren Matthews

Warren W. Matthews was a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. He served on the 5-judge court since 1977 and retired on April 5, 2009.

Matthews was appointed to the court in 1977 by then-governor Jay Hammond, a Republican.

Matthews was replaced on the court by Morgan Christen.

Career

Matthews obtained a B.A. degree from Stanford University (1961) and J.D. from Harvard University Law School (1964). He was in private practice in Anchorage from 1965 through 1977. He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association, the Alaska Bar Ethics and Unauthorized Practices Committee, and the Supreme Court Criminal Rules Revision Committee.

He was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court on May 26, 1977. He served as Chief Justice from October 1987 to September 1990, and July 1997 to June 2000. He was former Board Member and Second Vice-President, Conference of Chief Justices.

Justice Matthews was chairman of the Alaska Judicial Council from October 1987 through September 1990, and July 1997 to June 2000. He served on the Alaska Sentencing Commission, 1990 through 1993.

External links

• Alaska Court System
• Tobacco News (dead link)

Footnotes

Alaska courts

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Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Alaska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Alaska

State courts:

Alaska Supreme Court • Alaska Court of Appeals • Alaska Superior Court • Alaska District Court

State resources:

Courts in Alaska • Alaska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alaska