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Sharon Louise Gleason
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska · 2011–2012
Sharon Louise Gleason , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. The Senate voted 87–8 on the nomination on Nov 15, 2011 (Nomination Confirmed). Sharon Louise Gleason (born 1957) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012, Gleason is the first woman to serve as a federal judge in the District of Alaska. She was previously a state court judge on the Alaska Superior Court from 2001 to 2012.
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- United States District Judge for the District of Alaska
112th Congress · Nomination Confirmed87–8 · Nov 15, 2011
Education
- Washington University in St. LouisB.A., 1979
- University of California, Davis, School of LawJ.D., 1983
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Edmond Wayne Burke, Alaska Supreme Court, 1983-1984; Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska, 1984-2001; Judge, Alaska Superior Court, 2001-2011; presiding judge, Third Judicial District, 2009-2011
Biography
Sharon Louise Gleason (born 1957) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012, Gleason is the first woman to serve as a federal judge in the District of Alaska. She was previously a state court judge on the Alaska Superior Court from 2001 to 2012.
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