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Dana A Fabe

Alaska Supreme Court

Biography

ALASKA RESIDENT SINCE: 1976 ALASKA COMMUNITIES LIVED IN:
Anchorage 1976 to present
EDUCATION:
Hillsdale School, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Cornell University, 1969-73, B.A.;
Northeastern University School of Law, 1973-76, J.D.; University of Alaska, Anchorage, Honorary Doctorate, 2010
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS:
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court, January 1996 to present; Elected by the other justices to serve three three-year terms
as Chief Justice: 2000-03, 2006-09, 2012-15;
Superior Court Judge, Anchorage, 1988-96;
Appointed by Governor Jay Hammond as Chief Public Defender
for Alaska, 1981-88;
Law clerk for Justice Edmond Burke, 1976-77
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Chair, Alaska Supreme Court Fairness and Diversity Committee;
Chair, Success Inside and Out: Hiland Mountain Incarcerated Women’s Reentry Program;
Co-Chair, Advisory Committee of the Center for Judicial Ethics at the National Center for State Courts;
Co-Chair, Alaska Fairness & Access Commission;
Past President, National Association of Women Judges; Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation;
Sustaining Member, American Law Institute;
Past Service as Second Vice President of the
Conference of Chief Justices;
Past Member, Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association;
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Family, cooking, music, walking.
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Professional Experience

Justice: Alaska Supreme Court; 1996 - Current; Elected by the other justices to serve three three-year terms as Chief Justice: 2000-03, 2006-09, 2012-15