Skip to main content
Not Found
On Demand

Update on State and Federal Courts in Alaska (2021 Convention)

Total Credits: 1.0 including 1.0 General

Average Rating:
Not yet rated
Categories:
2021 Alaska Bar Convention
Faculty:
Judge Joshua Kindred |  Sr. Justice (Ret.) Daniel Winfree
Duration:
42 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
License:
Never Expires.

Description

UPDATE ON STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN ALASKA

                        (1.0 General CLE Credits)

Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Daniel Winfree and Judge Joshua Kindred of the U.S.D.C. for the District of Alaska will report on current issues, successes, and happenings in both the state and federal courts of Alaska.

Faculty

Judge Joshua Kindred's Profile

Judge Joshua Kindred Related Seminars and Products

Judge Kindred was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska by President Donald Trump in January 2020, and began his judicial duties in February 2020. Before joining the court, Judge Kindred was the regional solicitor for the U.S. Interior Department in Alaska. He has previously worked as environmental counsel for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association and an assistant district attorney for the State of Alaska.

Sr. Justice (Ret.) Daniel Winfree's Profile

Sr. Justice (Ret.) Daniel Winfree Related Seminars and Products

Chief Justice Winfree joined the Alaska Supreme Court in January 2008. Born in the Alaska Territory in Fairbanks in 1953, he is the grandson of turn-of-the-century Yukon and Alaska gold rushers. From 1975 to 1978 he was a truck driver and warehouseman in pipeline construction camps and at Prudhoe Bay, working on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Justice Winfree earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Oregon in 1977 and in 1981 earned M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of California Berkeley. Admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1982, he spent twenty-five years in private practice in Anchorage, Valdez, and Fairbanks, working with large firms, small firms, and as a sole practitioner on matters across the state. He served nine years on the Alaska Bar Association Board of Governors and was its President from 1994-1995. He also served a term on the Bar Association’s Ethics Committee and several terms on its Fee Arbitration Committee. The Bar Association presented him its Distinguished Service Award in 2007. After his final term on the Board of Governors, he joined the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Bar Foundation and served as its president for two years. He now chairs the Supreme Court’s Code of Judicial Conduct Rules Committee and Appellate Rules Committee. Justice Winfree is married to another Fairbanks-born, third-generation Alaskan, Cathleen Ringstad Winfree. They have two adult children and two grandchildren, all of who live in Alaska.

Back to Top