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# Douglas H. Kossler

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

- Served as an Alaska Court System judge during 2013–2018, including pro tem service in the Anchorage District Court and service on the Court of Appeals.
- Alaska Court of Appeals judge, 2013–2016; appointed by Governor Sean Parnell on August 2, 2013, succeeding Joel Bolger
- Assistant Attorney General and Supervising Assistant Attorney General, Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, 2001–2013
- Law clerk to Alaska Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alexander O. Bryner, 1994–1995
- Senior associate in Anchorage practicing insurance coverage and defense and appellate litigation

### Education

- magna cum laude, Temple University School of Law — J.D. (1994)
- in Business Administration, College of William & Mary — B.S. (1989)

### Additional information

- State, 355 P.3d 597 (2015).
- Taught Anchorage Youth Court classes and seminars, 2001–2014.
- Solicitor General for Criminal Affairs, 2011–2013.
- Assistant Public Defender handling family cases, 1995–1996.
- Admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1995 and the Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court in 1996.
- Authored the Court of Appeals opinion in Glasgow v.
- His appellate work spanned more than 16 years and more than 140 published and unpublished decisions.
- Founder and board president of the Alaska Center for Collaborative Child Therapy.
- Served on University of Alaska Anchorage Paralegal/Legal Studies advisory committees and the Alaska Bar Law-Related Education Committee.
- Speaks English.

## 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/6174/douglas-h-kossler/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6174/douglas-h-kossler/)
- [Alaska Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6174/douglas-h-kossler/)
- [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/judgformer.html)
- [aws.state.ak.us](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=183836)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/fy16.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)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/publications/docs/biennial/27threport.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/judgformer.html)
- [aws.state.ak.us](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=183836)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/fy16.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)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/publications/docs/biennial/27threport.pdf)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/judges/judgformer.html)
- [aws.state.ak.us](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=183836)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/admin/docs/fy16.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)
- [ajc.alaska.gov](https://ajc.alaska.gov/publications/docs/biennial/27threport.pdf)

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