--- title: "Daniel E Doty | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-e-doty-superior-court-judge-alaska-superior-court-ketchikan-ak" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Daniel E Doty Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 1 · Superior Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 1 - 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 - Superior Court Judge, 2022 to present Assistant United States Attorney, 2020-2022 - Daniel E. Doty is a Superior Court Judge for Alaska’s First Judicial District, appointed in March 2022 by Governor Mike Dunleavy to the Ketchikan Superior Court - Assistant District Attorney in Bethel (2013–2015), Dillingham (2017–2019), and Fairbanks (2019–2020) ### Education - William & Mary Law School — J.D. (2013) - George Washington University — B.A. (2009) ### Additional information - Assistant U.S. Attorney (2020–2022), leading the Rural Alaska Anti-Violence Enforcement Network and prosecuting domestic violence and child exploitation cases. - Assistant Municipal Attorney, 2016-2017 - Assistant Municipal Prosecutor in Anchorage (2016–2017). - Associate at Delaney Wiles (2015–2016). - As a trial judge, he handles felony criminal matters, divorce and custody disputes, child welfare cases, business litigation, property disputes, and more. - Judge Doty presides over cases in the Ketchikan Superior Court, covering the First Judicial District, which includes Angoon, Haines, Hoonah, Juneau, Kake, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Prince of Wales, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell, and Yakutat. ## 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/docs/DED.pdf) - [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/docs/DED.pdf) - [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/docs/DED.pdf) - [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) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/docs/DED.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm) - [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/docs/DED.pdf) - [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-e-doty-superior-court-judge-alaska-superior-court-ketchikan-ak", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-e-doty-superior-court-judge-alaska-superior-court-ketchikan-ak", "name": "Daniel E Doty | KnowJudges", "description": "Daniel E Doty, Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 1. 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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.