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Robert Downes

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Robert Downes

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Prior offices
Alaska Fourth District Superior Court

Education

Bachelor's

Saint Vincent College, 1965

Law

Boston College Law School, 1968


Robert B. Downes was a superior court judge for the Fourth Judicial District in Fairbanks, Alaska.[1] Downes was appointed on April 20, 2005 by Governor Frank Murkowski and retired from the court in 2012.[2]

Education

Judge Downes graduated from Saint Vincent College with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 1965. In 1968 he graduated from Boston College Law School with a J.D.[3]

Career

  • 1969-1970: He worked in the Law Offices of Elliott Goodman in Massachusetts.
  • 1970-1974: He worked for the State of Alaska as an assistant district attorney in Fairbanks.
  • 1974-1978: He was in private practice with Jay Hodges.
  • 1978-2005: He was in private practice with Downes, McDonald & Levengood in Fairbanks.[3]

See also

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