Quinlan Steiner

Quinlan Steiner served as the Public Defender for the State of Alaska from 2005 to 2019.  Mr. Steiner was originally appointed to the position by Gov. Murkowski and subsequently reappointed by Gov. Parnell and Gov. Walker.   He began his career in public service as a volunteer investigator at the Alaska Public Defender Agency prior to attending law school.  He argued his first case before the Alaska Court of Appeals as a legal extern at the agency during his third year of law school.  Mr. Steiner has been a member of thee Alaska Criminal Rules Committee, the Alaska Criminal Working Group, and the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission.