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# Kristen C. Stohler

Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 3 · Superior Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 3
- 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

- Kristen C. Stohler is an appointed judge of the Alaska Third District Superior Court, serving since April 17, 2019, and retained in office in 2022
- Superior Court Judge, Alaska Superior Court, Judicial District 3; from 2019
- Stohler Law, P.C., Attorney, 2011-2019
- Law Office of Gregory Parvin, Associate Attorney, 2008-2011
- Office of Public Advocacy, Assistant Public Advocate, 2007- 2008 Public Defender Agency, Assistant Public Defender, 2006-2007

### Education

- University of Vermont — B.A. (1996)

### Additional information

- Term: Ends 2029.
- Retention Election: Won re-election on November 8, 2022, with 56.7% of the vote.
- Appointed: April 17, 2019, by Governor Mike Dunleavy, replacing Hon. Vanessa H. White.
- Operated Stohler Law, P.C. (2011–2019)
- J.D., Vermont Law and Graduate School (2006).
- focusing on domestic relations, child-in-need-of-aid, probate, and criminal matters.
- Earlier work included roles at Halvorson’s Upstreet Cafe, Proximity Videoconferencing, and Spring-Fill Industries.
- Judge Stohler presides over the Palmer Superior Court in the 3rd Judicial, which includes Anchorage, Cordova, Dillingham, Glennallen, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Naknek, Palmer, Sand Point, St. Paul Island, Seward, Unalaska, and Valdes.
- She handles both civil and criminal cases.

## 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/ks.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/docs/ks.pdf)
- [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/docs/ks.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/ks.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/ks.pdf)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)

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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.