Leonard Devaney

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Leonard Devaney

Prior offices:

Alaska Fourth District Superior Court

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Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Wilmington, 1979

Law

University of Montana School of Law, 1990

Leonard R. Devaney III was a superior court judge for the Fourth Judicial District in Bethel, Alaska. Judge Devaney was appointed on February 27, 2002 by Governor Tony Knowles. He resigned on June 30, 2012.

Education

Judge Devaney graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a Bachelor of Science in 1979. In 1990 he graduated from the University of Montana School of Law with a J.D.

Career

• 1989-1990: He was a librarian at the University of Montana School of Law and was also the head legal intern at the Missoula County Attorney's Office in Montana.
• 1990-1991: He was an assistant attorney general7assistant district attorney for the State of Alaska Department of Law in Nome, Alaska.
• 1991-1993: He was a tribal law specialist with Kawerak Inc.
• 1993-2002: He was in private practice at his law office in Nome.

Footnotes

Alaska courts

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Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Alaska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Alaska

State courts:

Alaska Supreme Court • Alaska Court of Appeals • Alaska Superior Court • Alaska District Court

State resources:

Courts in Alaska • Alaska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alaska