--- title: "Colleen Baxter | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/colleen-baxter-superior-court-judge-alaska-superior-court-kodiak-ak" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Colleen Baxter Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 3 · Superior Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 3 - State: Alaska - Role: Superior Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-10-02 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Colleen R. Baxter is a Superior Court Judge of Alaska’s Third Judicial District, appointed in April 2025, and a magistrate judge in Kotzebue with over 27 years of legal experience - Attorney and judicial officer in Alaska for more than 26 years before her 2025 Superior Court appointment. - Law-school summer internships with the Alaska Public Defender Agency and Kenai District Attorney's Office - Position: Superior Court Judge, Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 3 - Previous judicial role: Magistrate Judge, Kotzebue District Court, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska - Law clerk to Judge Jonathan Link, Kenai Superior Court, after law school. ### Education - Temple University Beasley School of Law — J.D. (1996) ### Additional information - Appointed: April 14, 2025, by Governor Mike Dunleavy - Magistrate Judge in Kotzebue immediately before appointment to Kodiak Superior Court. - Over 27 years in legal practice and 55 years as an Alaska resident - Adheres to Alaska Court System rules on media coverage and courtroom conduct - Previously served in the Second Judicial District (Kotzebue, Nome, Unalakleet, Utqiagvik) - Third Judicial District covers Anchorage and surrounding areas - Member of Temple Law Review ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### photography filming recording Scope: statewide Alaska generally prohibits photographing, filming, and recording in courthouse common areas unless an application is approved, while separate courtroom and adjacent-area rules remain governed by Administrative Rule 50 and Administrative Bulletin No. 45. Evidence excerpt: Except as specifically authorized by this order, photographing, filming, and recording are permitted in common areas inside the courthouse only upon the issuance of an approved application. [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### courtroom media requests Scope: statewide Alaska states that media may request permission from a judicial officer for coverage inside a particular courtroom or adjacent area, and the judicial officer rules on those requests. Evidence excerpt: not intended to interfere with or restrict the rights of the media to request permission from a judicial officer to allow media coverage within a particular courtroom or adjacent area [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/index.htm) - [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/index.htm) - [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/index.htm) - [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf) - [Hearings & Trials](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/) - [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/judges/judgemain.html) - [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/selection/docs/Selection/aug-2024-applicants/baxter.pdf) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/docs/Selection/aug-2024-applicants/baxter.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/) - [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/judges/judgemain.html) - [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/selection/docs/Selection/aug-2024-applicants/baxter.pdf) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/docs/Selection/aug-2024-applicants/baxter.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/) - [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/judges/judgemain.html) - [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/selection/docs/Selection/aug-2024-applicants/baxter.pdf) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/docs/Selection/aug-2024-applicants/baxter.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/colleen-baxter-superior-court-judge-alaska-superior-court-kodiak-ak", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/colleen-baxter-superior-court-judge-alaska-superior-court-kodiak-ak", "name": "Colleen Baxter | KnowJudges", "description": "Colleen Baxter, Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 3. 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Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.