Selection committee votes Tuesday on finalists for Alaska Supreme Court vacancy

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The seven members of the Alaska Judicial Council will vote this morning on a shortlist of nominees to become the next member of the Alaska Supreme Court. (via AlaskaBeacon)

This screenshot from Gavel Alaska shows Senior Assistant Attorney General Margaret Paton-Walsh speaking in front of the Alaska Supreme Court on Oct. 12. Paton Walsh is one of seven applicants for an upcoming vacancy on the court.

In a round of public testimony Monday afternoon, testifiers praised Aimee Oravec of Fairbanks and Paul Roetman of Kotzebue, two of the options for replacing Winfree., the Alaska Native-owned subsidiary of Doyon Ltd. that operates the utilities at Fort Wainwright, Fort Greely and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Kip Norris, testifying by phone, urged support for Kotzebue Superior Court Judge Roetman, whom he called a friend from Valdez. All five current members of the Alaska Supreme Court are from either Fairbanks or Anchorage; Roetman, from Kotzebue, and Superior Court Jude Pate, from Sitka, are the only applicants not from either city.

Pate, appointed a Superior Court judge in February 2018 by Gov. Bill Walker, is a former public defender who also worked for the tribal government of Sitka and the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission. , he has worked on a wildland firefighting crew, as a short-order cook, a bartender, film projectionist, hotel maid and an attendant in a tanning salon, among other jobs.

A former Sitka resident, Crosby has lived in Anchorage for more than two decades and has experience as a private-practice attorney. According to her resume, she briefly worked for the environmental law firm Earthjustice during law school at Gonzaga University, then interned for state judges before entering private practice, then starting her own firm.

 

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