Bethany S. Harbison at a glance
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Bethany S. Harbison
Former Judge · Alaska Court of Appeals
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Alaska Court of Appeals, appointed 2018; retired in 2025
- Bethany S. Harbison is a judge on the Alaska Court of Appeals, appointed in 2018 and retained in 2022
- 2012–2018: Judge, Fairbanks (Fourth Judicial District) Superior Court
- 1993–1995: Judicial law clerk, Hon. Mary E. Greene, Fairbanks Superior Court
- 1991–1992: Intern, Alaska Public Defender Agency; summer associate, Pierce Atwood Scribner Allen Smith & Lancaster, Maine
- Superior Court judge and presiding judge
Education
- Harvard Law School — J.D. (1993)
Additional information
- 2005–2012: Magistrate/Standing Master, Fairbanks District Court
- 1995–2005: Assistant Public Defender, Alaska Public Defender Agency
- Harbison has served on the Alaska Supreme Court’s Criminal Rules Committee, Diversity & Equality Committee, and the Anti-Sexual Harassment Working Group.
- She is a member of the Alaska Bar Association and the.
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