Craig Stowers

Craig Stowers
Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
In office
July 1, 2015 – July 1, 2018
Preceded by Dana Fabe
Succeeded by Joel Bolger
Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
Assumed office
December 3, 2009
Appointed by Sean Parnell
Preceded by Robert Eastaugh
Personal details
Born 1954 (age 63–64)
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Education Blackburn College, (BS)
University of California, Davis, (JD)

Craig F. Stowers (born 1954) is an Associate Justice (and formerly the 18th Chief Justice) of the Alaska Supreme Court, who was appointed by Republican Governor Sean Parnell in 2009 as an Associate Justice to replace retiring Justice Robert Eastaugh. Stowers was one of seven candidates recommended to the Governor by the Alaska Judicial Council out of a record 25 applicants.[1][2]

Born in Daytona Beach, Florida and raised in Yorktown, Virginia, Stowers earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Blackburn College in 1975. He then went on to serve as a park ranger with the National Park Service at Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia before transferring to Mount McKinley National Park in 1977.[2] After leaving the National Park Service he earned his Juris Doctor in 1985 from the University of California, Davis School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif honor society. After earning his law degree, Stowers served as a law clerk for U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Robert Boochever and then went on to serve as a law clerk for Alaska Supreme Court Justice Warren Matthews.[1][2][3]

In 1987, Stowers joined the law firm of Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon until leaving in 1995 to become a founding partner of the law firm of Clapp, Peterson and Stowers. In 2004, he left Clapp, Peterson and Stowers when he was appointed a Superior Court Judge for the Third Judicial District in Anchorage by Governor Frank Murkowski.[1][3]

Before his appointment to the Supreme Court by Governor Sean Parnell in 2009, Stowers was president of the board of directors of Christian Health Associates. He is also a former board member of the Alaska Natural History Association, Brother Francis Shelter, and Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Parnell Names Supreme Court Judge". Office of Governor Sean Parnell. December 2, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Parnell picks Anchorage judge Stowers for Supreme Court". Anchorage Daily News. December 3, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Supreme Court Justices". Alaska Court System. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Robert Eastaugh		 Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
2009–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Dana Fabe		 Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
2015–2018		 Succeeded by
Joel Bolger
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