Carpeneti Alaska's new Chief Justice
July 1, 2009
Alaska: Walter Carpeneti was elected by a unanimous vote of the justices to become the new chief judge of the Alaska Supreme Court. He will assume the position formerly held by Dana Fabe on July 1, 2009.[1]
Carpeneti was appointed to the Supreme Court by former Governor Tony Knowles in 1988. He was retained by the voters of Alaska in 2002, and will again be subject to a retention election in 2012.
Footnotes