Daniel Winfree
| Daniel Winfree | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Alaska Supreme Court | |
| Title: | Justice |
| Position: | Supreme Court |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Sarah Palin |
| Active: | 2008-2022 |
| Preceded by: | Alexander Bryner |
| Past post: | Private practice |
| Past term: | 1982-2008 |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | University of Oregon, 1977 |
| Law School: | University of California, Berkeley, 1981 |
| Grad. School: | University of California, Berkeley, 1981 |
| Candidate 2012: | |
| Candidate for: | Alaska Supreme Court |
| State: | Alaska |
| Election information 2012: | |
| Incumbent: | Yes |
| Election date: | November 6, 2012 |
| Retention vote: | 165,777 |
| Retention vote %: | 64.93%  |
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Daniel E. Winfree 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 January of 2008 by Governor Sarah Palin. His current term will expire in 2022.[1]
Education
Winfree earned his undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Oregon in 1977. In 1981, he earned his Masters Degree and Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
Professional career
Following his admission to the bar Winfree spent 25 years in private practice. Winfree's appointment to the Alaska Supreme Court replacing Alexander Bryner was the first appointment in almost ten years. The Fairbanks seat on the court has been filled three times since statehood, and yet Winfree is the first native Fairbanks to be appointed to the seat. Winfree maintains his chambers in Fairbanks and is the first to do so since Jay Rabinowitz in the early 1990s.[1][2]
Awards and Associations
Awards
- Distinguished Service Award, Alaska Bar Association, 2007
Associations
- Board of Governors, Alaska Bar Association
- Board of Trustees, Alaska Bar Foundation
- Past President, Board of Trustees, Alaska Bar Foundation
- Past President, Alaska Bar Association Board of Governors
- Past President, Western States Bar Conference
- Past Member, Western States Bar Conference, Fee Arbitration Committee
- Past Member, Western States Bar Conference, Ethics Committee
2012 election
Winfree was retained with 64.93% of the vote in the general election on November 6th.[3][4]
- See also: Alaska judicial elections, 2012
See also
External links
References
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| Current |
Dana Fabe • Daniel Winfree • Joel Bolger • Craig Stowers • Peter J. Maassen • | ||
| Former | Jay Rabinowitz • Warren Matthews • Robert Eastaugh • Walter Carpeneti • Buell Nesbett • John Dimond • Walter Hodge • Harry Arend • James Martin Fitzgerald • Morgan Christen • Robert Boochever • | ||
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