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17 Alaska B. Rag 1 (1993)

handle is hein.barjournals/askabar0017 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 judges chosen to preside in courts Chief Justice Daniel A. Moore, Jr. Judge Weeks received his law of degree from the University of Illi- of the Alaska Supreme Court . nolo. ehserda nasitt announces the following appoint- tI H l n . He has served as an assistant meat. L l, , attorney general in Anchorage, as Appellate Court Judge Alexan- . the District Attorney in Juneau der 0. Bryner as Chief Judge of and as the District Attorney in An- the Court of Appeals, M J.i chorage. lie returned to private Superior Court Judge Lnrry R. Weeks as Presiding Judge for the First Judicial District and Superior Court Judge Larry C. Zervos as Deputy Presiding Judge. Superior Court Judge Charles R. Tunley as Presiding Judge for the Second Judicial District and Superior Court Judge Michael I. Jeffery as Deputy Presiding Judge. Superior Court Judge Richard D. Savell as Presiding Judge for the Fourth Judicial District and Superior Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline as Deputy Presiding Judge. The appointments are effective January 1, 1993. As Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, Judge Bryner is responsi- ble for supervising the administra- tion of the court of appeals and reviewing and recommending bud- gets. Judge Bryner received his law degree from Stanford University Law School. Prior to his appoint- ment to the Court of Appeals in 1980, he had served with the Alaska Public Defender Agency and engaged in private practice. He was appointed to the district court bench In Anchorage In 1975 and from 1977 to 1980 he was the United States Attorney for Alaska. Judge Bryner has served as Chief Judge for the past twelve years. In addition to regular judicial duties, the presiding judge of each judicial district has the administra- tive responsibility to supervise the assignment of cases, administra- tive actions of judges and court personnel, keep current the busi- ness of the courts, review and rec- ommend budgets, and review the operation of the trial courts In the district to assure adherence to statewide court objectives and poli- cies. prcice In Juneau from 1982 until 1988 when he became Chief of Criminal Prosecutions. He was ap- pointed to the superior court in 1990. Judge Weeks replaces retir- ing Superior Court Judge Thomas Schulz who has served as presiding judge for the First Judicial District since 1981. Judge Zervos received his law degree from the University of Puget Sound School of Law. He served as assistant district attor- ney in Fairbanks from 1979 until 1982. Alter six years in private practice, Judge Zervos was ap- pointed district court judge for Fairbanks in 1988. In 1990 he was appointed to the superior court bench in Sitka. Judge Tunley was appointed to the superior court bench in Nome in 1980. He has served as presiding judge for most of his tenure on the bench. Judge Tunley was admitted to the P2aska Bar in 1965. After working as a law clerk In Anchor- age in 1965 and as the assistant counsel to the Alaska State Hous- Ing Authority in 1966, he engaged in private practice in Anchorage until his appointment to the bench. Judge Jeffery was appointed to the superior court bench in Barrow Continued on page 16 AYC wins two awards Hamv Vafentine's Day The American Bar Association Commission on Partnership Pro. grams ha. selected the Anchorag3 Youth Court as the recipient of th i 1993 American Bar Association/In. formation America Public Education Project Award as well as the Out- standing Partnership Program Award. The winning programs will be recognized during the ABA Midyear Meeting in Boston in February. An- chorage Youth Court (AYC) will re- ceive a cash grant in the amount of $5,000, to be applied to the program or to develop a new partnership ef- fort. The grant was made possible by Information America, an Atlanta- based company that provides attor- neys and other professionals with online databases of information needed to evaluate, close and litigate commercial transactions. The ABA has invited an AYC representative to the presentation of the Partnership Awards at the Joint Luncheon of the National Confer- ence of Bar Presidents/National As- sociation of Bar Executives Febru- ary 5 in Boston. We received more than 100 pro- gram entries from 84 law-related organizations, representing the col- lective efforts of 15,000 volunteers reachingnmore than 17 miUion people. Surely this reflects a tremendous commitment to our legal system, said Allan J. Tanenbaum, chairman of the A13A Standing Committee on Professionalism. LUt - HUMOP Thanksgiving theology, TVBA laments, and the yr. 'right career move INSIDE Bar services, moving speech-making, local immunity, torts, and ethics issues

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