Joel Bolger
Joel Bolger | |
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Bolger, February 2019 | |
| Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court | |
| In office July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Craig Stowers |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Winfree |
| Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court | |
| In office January 25, 2013 – June 30, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Sean Parnell |
| Preceded by | Walter L. Carpeneti |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer S. Henderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joel Harold Bolger February 16, 1955 Carroll, Iowa, U.S. |
| Education | University of Iowa (BS, JD) |
Joel Harold Bolger (born February 16, 1955, in Carroll, Iowa) is an American lawyer and former jurist. He served as a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from 2013 to 2021 and as chief justice from 2018 to 2021.
He was a judge of the Alaska Court of Appeals (the state's intermediate appellate court) from October 2008 until his appointment to the high court. Before being a judge, he worked as a lawyer throughout Alaska after arriving in the late 1970s. He also served as a state trial court judge in Kodiak and Valdez.
On November 30, 2020, Bolger announced that he would retire on June 30, 2021.