Laura Hartz and Christina Ranki were appointed by the governor after a six-month application and vetting process. (via AlaskaBeacon)
The Boney Courthouse in downtown Anchorage, across the street from the larger Nesbett Courthouse, holds the Alaska Supreme Court chambers.
Laura Hartz, a 2005 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law, and Christina Rankin, a 2002 graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law, were appointed by the governor after a six-month application and vetting process. The governor’s office did not respond to a question asking why the two were selected from a list of six nominees, but both were among the highest-rated applicants in Hartz received a rating of 4.6 out of 5 possible points, the highest ranking of 12 surveyed applicants, while Rankin received a rating of 4.3 out of 5, tying for third.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Kate Demarest was also among the unselected nominees; she is a nominee for an Alaska Supreme Court vacancy that will be filled later this month and remains a candidate for that higher office., Hartz has been in Alaska since 2006, when she joined the Alaska Department of Law, working in its child protection division. After spending two years on the East Coast, she returned to Alaska, working 10 years as a trial lawyer for the Department of Law.
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