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# Jo-Ann M. Chung

Alaska District Court, Anchorage · District Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alaska District Court, Anchorage
- State: Alaska
- Role: District Court Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Biography

### Professional career

- Nonpartisan judge of the Alaska Third District District Court, serving since 2011 and currently through her 2027 term
- District Court Judge, Alaska District Court, Anchorage, 2011-05-26–2026-04-08
- The court biography (November 2023) identifies Jo-Ann M. Chung as an Anchorage District Court judge in Alaska’s Third Judicial District
- Kenai assistant public defender (1995–1996); assistant attorney general in Commercial and Human Service sections (1996–2001); assistant municipal prosecutor (2001–2011)
- Law clerk, Alaska Court of Appeals (1994–1995)

### Education

- Northeastern University School of Law — J.D. (1994)
- in Psychology, University of Fairfield — B.A. (1989)

### Additional information

- She has lived in Alaska since 1994, among them Kenai and Anchorage
- Re-election: Retained in 2022 with 57.8% of the vote
- Appointed: May 26, 2011, by Governor Sean Parnell
- Domestic Violence Unit supervisor (2004–2011); deputy municipal prosecutor (2008–2011)
- handling both civil and criminal cases in Anchorage
- Career
- Additional service encompasses the Judicial Conference Planning Committee, Success Inside and Out, and Color of Justice
- Outside interests: skiing, hiking, and biking

## Sources

- [Official profile](https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/3an.htm)
- [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/3an.htm)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgformer.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgformer.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgformer.html)

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