Craig Stowers
Craig F. Stowers is a former justice on the Alaska Supreme Court. He served on the court from 2009 to 2020. Stowers was appointed to the court in 2009 by Governor Sean Parnell (R) and retained by voters in 2014.[1][2][3] He retired on June 1, 2020.[4]
Stowers served as chief justice of the court from June 2015 to July 2018.[5]
Education
Stowers received his undergraduate degree in biology, with honors, from Blackburn College in 1975 and his J.D. from the University of California Davis in 1985.[1][3][6]
Career
- 2009-2020: Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
- 2015-2018: Chief justice
- 2004-2009: Judge, Third Judicial District
- 1995-2004: Attorney, Clapp, Peterson, & Stowers
- 1987-1995: Attorney/partner, Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon
- 1986-1987: Law clerk, Justice Warren Matthews
- 1985-1986: Law clerk, Judge Robert Boochever[6]
2009 appointment
- See also: Judges appointed by Sean Parnell
Stowers was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court by Governor Sean Parnell (R) to fill the vacancy left by retired Judge Robert Eastaugh. Stowers was one of seven candidates recommended to the governor by the Alaska Judicial Council out of 25 applicants.[1][3]
| “ | I care deeply about people, families, Alaska and law. I have an abiding love of theology and strive to follow Micah 6:8.[7] | ” |
| —Craig Stowers on his 2009 Judicial Application[6] | ||
Awards and associations
Awards
- American Jurisprudence Award, Torts
- American Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Law
- American Jurisprudence Award, Administrative Law[1][3]
Associations
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Member, Alaska Bar Association
- President, Board of directors, Christian Health Associates, Inc.
- Board of directors, Alaska Natural History Association
- Board of directors, Brother Francis Shelter
- Board of directors, Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
- Law Examiners Committee, Alaska Bar Association
- Past member, Alaska Supreme Court, Judicial Education Committee[1][3]
Elections
2014
Stowers was retained to the Alaska Supreme Court with 62.9 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014.[8]
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Stowers received a campaign finance score of 0.77, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of -0.11 that justices received in Alaska.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[9]
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Sean Parnell Press Release, "Parnell Names Supreme Court Judge," December 2, 2009
- Anchorage Dispatch News, "New Alaska Supreme Court justice," December 2, 2009
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sean Parnell Press Release, "Parnell Names Supreme Court Judge," December 2, 2009
- ↑ Anchorage Dispatch News, "New Alaska Supreme Court justice," December 2, 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Alaska Court System, "Supreme Court Justice," accessed October 2, 2017
- ↑ Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska Supreme Court justice Craig Stowers to retire," January 7, 2020
- ↑ KTUU.com, "Stowers named newest Alaska Supreme Court chief justice," June 3, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Alaska Judicial Council, "Application for Judicial Appointment - Craig F. Stowers," May 28, 2009
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "2014 General Official Candidate List - Judicial," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
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