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# David R. Boyer

Alaska District Court, Bethel · District Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alaska District Court, Bethel
- State: Alaska
- Role: District Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Biography

### Professional career

- Alaska District Court judge for Bethel, appointed April 4, 2026, by Governor Michael J. Dunleavy, succeeding William T. Montgomery
- Alaska (2017–2026): served as Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Law’s Child Protection Section and Criminal Division in Bethel Alaska Department of Law
- Alaska Department of Law, Attorney General's Office and District Attorney Offices, from 2017

### Education

- Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School — J.D. (1999)

### Additional information

- Next retention date: 2028
- Utah (2000–2017): Practiced law for ~17 years
- Recognition: Named Utah Trial Attorney of the Year by the Parental Defense Alliance of Utah in 2012.
- Assistant Attorney General in Bethel before appointment.
- Utah practice, approximately 17 years
- representing parents in child abuse/neglect cases and minors in delinquency matters; participated in development of Utah Family Drug Court programs.
- representing parents in child abuse/neglect cases and minors in delinquency matters; helped develop Utah’s Family Drug Court programs.

## Sources

- [Official profile](https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/4be.htm)
- [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/courtdir/4be.htm)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/docs/Selection/feb-2026-applicants/boyer.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [acjc.alaska.gov](https://acjc.alaska.gov/docs/ACJC.24April2026.PublicSession.Packet.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/docs/Selection/feb-2026-applicants/boyer.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [acjc.alaska.gov](https://acjc.alaska.gov/docs/ACJC.24April2026.PublicSession.Packet.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgemain.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/docs/Selection/feb-2026-applicants/boyer.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/selection/histlog.html)
- [acjc.alaska.gov](https://acjc.alaska.gov/docs/ACJC.24April2026.PublicSession.Packet.pdf)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-4195c4aa8c36145cd11c25b9) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  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.