Jude Pate
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2023 - Present
2027
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Jude Pate is a judge of the Alaska Supreme Court. He assumed office on March 22, 2023. His current term ends on February 1, 2027.
Pate first became a member of the Alaska Supreme Court by appointment. Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) appointed him to succeed Daniel Winfree. To read more about judicial selection in Alaska, click here.
Elections
2023
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) appointed Jude Pate to the Alaska Supreme Court on January 20, 2023. Pate succeeded Justice Daniel Winfree, who retired on February 6, 2023. Pate was Gov. Dunleavy's third nominee to the five-member court.[1]
At the time of the vacancy under Alaska law, the governor appointed a justice from a pool of names provided by the nominating commission. After occupying the seat for at least three years, the appointee would run in a yes-no retention election and, if retained, would serve a subsequent term of ten years.[2]
State supreme court judicial selection in Alaska
- See also: Judicial selection in Alaska
The five justices on the Alaska Supreme Court are selected through the assisted appointed method. Each justice is appointed from a list of two or more nominees compiled by the Alaska Judicial Council.[3]
The initial term of a new justice is at least three years, after which the justice stands for retention in an uncontested yes-no election. Subsequent terms last ten years.[4] For more information on these elections, visit the Alaska judicial elections page.
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a justice must be:
- a U.S. citizen;
- a state resident for at least five years;
- licensed to practice law in the state;
- active in law practice for at least eight years; and
- under the age of 70.[5][6]
Chief justice
The chief justice is chosen by a vote of the other supreme court justices and serves a three-year term.[7]
Vacancies
The process of filling interim judicial vacancies is identical to that of filling ones that would occur at the end of a justice's term. The governor appoints a justice from a pool of names provided by the nominating commission. After occupying the seat for at least three years, the appointee runs in an uncontested yes-no retention election and, if retained, will serve a subsequent term of ten years.[8][9]
The map below highlights how vacancies are filled in state supreme courts across the country.
See also
External links
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Officeholder Alaska Supreme Court |
Footnotes
- ↑ Alaska Public Media, "Dunleavy picks Sitka judge for Supreme Court, first justice in decades from small-town Alaska," January 23, 2023
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Alaska," accessed October 2, 2014
- ↑ Alaska Judicial Council, "Selection Law - Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Concerning Judicial Selection: Alaska Constitution Article IV, Section 5. Nomination and Appointment," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Alaska Judicial Council, "Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Concerning Judicial Retention/Evaluation: AS 15.35.030. Approval or rejection of supreme court justice," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Alaska Judicial Council, "AS 22.05.070. Qualifications of justices," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Alaska Judicial Council, "AS 22.25.010. Retirement of Justices and Judges," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Alaska Court System, "Court System Information," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Alaska Judicial Council, "Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Concerning Judicial Retention/Evaluation: AS 15.35.030. Approval or rejection of supreme court justice," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Alaska Judicial Council, "Selection Law - Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Concerning Judicial Selection: Alaska Constitution Article IV, Section 5. Nomination and Appointment," accessed March 23, 2023
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