Walter Carpeneti
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Walter L. "Bud" Carpeneti (b. 1945) is an associate justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court in 1998 by then-governor Tony Knowles, a Democrat. In 2002, he was retained. Carpeneti's current ten-year term expires in 2012.
Professional background
Carpeneti graduated with an A.B. degree (with distinction) in History from Stanford University in 1967, and received a J.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970, where he was managing editor of the law review.
Carpeneti was a law clerk for Justice John H. Dimond of the Alaska Supreme Court in 1970-71. From 1972 to 1974 he was in private practice in San Francisco, first with Melvin Belli and then in an office with his father, retired San Francisco Superior Court Judge Walter I. Carpeneti, and his brother, Richard Carpeneti. He returned to Alaska in 1974 as the Public Defender in Juneau. He left that office in 1978 to go into practice with William T. Council, where he stayed until appointed to the Superior Court by Governor Jay Hammond in 1981. He was a judge of that court in Juneau until 1998, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Tony Knowles.
Personal
Carpeneti married Anne Dose in 1969. They have one son and three daughters. He coaches youth basketball and engages in long-distance family bike touring.
2002 retention
Carpeneti stood for retention on the Alaska Supreme Court in 2002.
- Vote to retain: 130,566 (66.72%)
- Vote not to retain: 65,117 (33.28%)[1]
The Alaska Judicial Council (AJC) recommended unanimously (5-0) that he be retained. The AJC conducted a survey of 2,860 attorneys in Alaska, who rated Justice Carpeneti on ten categories. Overall, his rating was 4.5 on a scale of 5, where "5" means "excellent".
- He scored highest (4.5) in the categories of “conduct free from impropriety,” "courtesy", and
“understanding and compassion.”
- He scored 4.4 or better in all ten categories.
The AJC also surveyed court employees, who rated Carpeneti 4.7 on a scale of 5 on overall performance.
| Summary categories | Attorney survey | Court employee survey |
|---|---|---|
| Legal ability | 4.4 | - |
| Impartiality | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| Integrity | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Temperament | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Diligence | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Overall | 4.5 | 4.7 |
External links
- Biographies of the Alaska Supreme Court justices
- Alaska Judicial Council's 2002 retention recommendation for Carpeneti
- Alaska Court System
- Walter Carpeneti on NNDB
- Flyer from 2002 retention election
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