Ralph R. Beistline

Ralph R. Beistline
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Assumed office
December 31, 2015
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office
2009 – December 31, 2015
Preceded by John W. Sedwick
Succeeded by Timothy Mark Burgess
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office
March 19, 2002 – December 31, 2015
Appointed by George W. Bush
Preceded by H. Russel Holland
Personal details
Born Ralph R. Beistline
1948 (age 69–70)
Fairbanks, Alaska
Education University of Alaska (B.A.)
University of Puget Sound School of Law (J.D.)

Ralph R. Beistline (born 1948) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Education and career

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Beistline received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alaska in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now known as the Seattle University School of Law) in 1974. He was a law clerk to three judges on the Superior Court in Fairbanks from 1974 to 1975, and was thereafter in private practice in Alaska from 1975 to 1992. He was a judge on the Superior Court, Fairbanks, Alaska, from 1992 to 2002.

District court service

Beistline was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 8, 2001, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska vacated by H. Russel Holland. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2002, and received his commission on March 19, 2002. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2015.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
H. Russel Holland		 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
2002–2015		 Vacant
Preceded by
John W. Sedwick		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
2009–2015		 Succeeded by
Timothy Mark Burgess
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