Craig Stowers

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Craig F. Stowers
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Current Court Information:
Alaska Supreme Court
Title:   Justice
Service:
Appointed by:   Gov. Sean Parnell
Active:   2009-2014
Preceded by:   Robert Eastaugh
Past post:   Alaska Superior Court
Past term:   2004-2009
Personal History
Born:   1954
Home State:   Florida
Bachelors:   Blackburn College, 1975
Law School:   University of California Davis, 1985

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Craig F. Stowers is an associate justice of the five member Alaska Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection in 2009 by Governor Sean Parnell. His current term will expire in 2014.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education

Stowers earned his undergraduate degree in Biology with Honors from Blackburn College in 1975 and his Juris Doctor from the University of California Davis in 1985. [1][5][6]

Career

2009 Supreme Court Appointment

Stowers was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court by Governor Sean Parnell 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 a record 25 applicants.[1][7][5]

I care deeply about people, families, Alaska and law. I have an abiding love of theology and strive to follow Micah 6:8.[6] - Craig Stowers on his 2009 Judicial Application

Awards and Associations

Awards

  • American Jurisprudence Award, Torts
  • American Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Law
  • American Jurisprudence Award, Administrative Law[1][5]

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][5]

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