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# David Mannheimer

Alaska Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alaska Court of Appeals
- State: Alaska
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Retired judge of the Alaska Court of Appeals, serving from 1990 to 2019, and later Chief Judge from 2013 to 2018

### Education

- University of California, Berkeley School of Law in — J.D. (1974)
- Stanford University in — B.A. (1970)

### Additional information

- Active pro tem judge, current in 2026
- Retired in February 2019.
- Mannheimer authored over 700 published opinions between 1991 and 2019, plus 18 dissents and 90 concurrences.
- David Mannheimer served on the Alaska Court of Appeals from 1990 until his retirement in February 2019.
- He was retained in 1994, 2002, and 2010 and served as chief judge from 2013 to 2018.
- He was retained by voters in 1994, 2002, and 2010.
- State (2000).
- State (1997), and Grinols v.
- Zerkel (1995), cited 60 times.
- State (1992), Erickson v.
- Appointed to the Alaska Court of Appeals on October 11, 1990 by Governor Steve Cowper, succeeding James Singleton.
- The his appointment date as October 11, 1990.
- David Mannheimer was born in 1949.
- Other notable cases include Millman v.
- The Alaska Court of Appeals is the state’s intermediate appellate court
- handling criminal appeals, juvenile cases, probation/parole matters, and post-conviction relief.
- Governor Steve Cowper appointed him to succeed James Singleton.
- His most-cited decision is State v.
- Mannheimer chaired the committee that drafted Alaska’s Code of Judicial Conduct and served on the Alaska Supreme Court’s criminal procedure rules committee.
- He was affiliated with the Alaska Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
- He chaired the committee that drafted Alaska’s code of judicial conduct and implemented the computerized case-management system used by the Alaska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/6175/david-mannheimer/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6175/david-mannheimer/)
- [Alaska Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6175/david-mannheimer/)
- [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/datacommission/docs/reports/DAC_2024_Annual_Report.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgformer.html)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/fy16.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/profile.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/main/ctinfo.htm)
- [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/judges/judgformer.html)
- [www.elections.alaska.gov](https://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2002/2002_oep_reg_4.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/datacommission/docs/reports/DAC_2024_Annual_Report.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgformer.html)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/fy16.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/profile.pdf)
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- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/main/ctinfo.htm)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)
- [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/judges/judgformer.html)
- [www.elections.alaska.gov](https://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2002/2002_oep_reg_4.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/datacommission/docs/reports/DAC_2024_Annual_Report.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgformer.html)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/fy16.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/profile.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/main/ctinfo.htm)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)
- [www.ajc.state.ak.us](https://www.ajc.state.ak.us/judges/judgformer.html)
- [www.elections.alaska.gov](https://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2002/2002_oep_reg_4.pdf)

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