Dario Borghesan at a glance
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Dario Borghesan
Justice · Alaska Supreme Court
Biography
Professional career
- Dario Borghesan is an American judge and the current Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, appointed in 2020 and re‐elected in 2024
- He then worked for the Alaska Department of Law from 2009 to 2020, including as supervising attorney for the department’s civil appeals section.
- Borghesan clerked for Alaska Supreme Court Justice Daniel Winfree (2008–2009)
- Law clerk to the Honorable Justice Daniel E. Winfree Special Assistant to Attorney General Daniel S. Sullivan Chief Assistant Attorney General, Civil Appeals Section, Alaska Department of Law
Education
- He later received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 2008, also magna cum laude and inducted into.
Additional information
- Term: Ends Feb 5, 2035
- Re‐elected: Nov 5, 2024 (60.6% yes)
- Appointed: July 1, 2020 by Gov.
- He earned a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College in 2002, graduating magna cum laude, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo from 2002 to 2004.
- Born: Dec 11, 1979, Springfield, MA
- Dario Borghesan was born December 11, 1979 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Mike Dunleavy
- Based in Anchorage.
- Full name: Dario Borghesan
- As an Associate Justice, Borghesan participates in the Alaska Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases, along with supervisory authority over lower courts.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Recording and broadcasting
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.
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 ↗
Courtroom Media Requests
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.
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 areaPresiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities
Alaska Supreme Court
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