Monica Elkinton at a glance
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Monica Elkinton
Magistrate Judge · Alaska District Court, Anchorage
Biography
Professional career
- Before her judicial appointment, Elkinton was a municipal prosecutor with the Municipality of Anchorage Prosecutor’s Office since 2021, initially as an assistant municipal prosecutor and later as acting municipal prosecutor.
- Magistrate judge for the Anchorage District Court in Alaska’s 3rd Judicial District, appointed in 2023
- In 2021, Mayor Dave Bronson appointed Elkinton as deputy municipal prosecutor leading a new Domestic Violence Unit in the Anchorage Prosecutor’s Office
- Law clerk to Hon. Sen Tan, Anchorage Superior Court
- Magistrate judge in the Anchorage District Court, which covers Anchorage and surrounding communities such as Cordova, Dillingham, Glennallen, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak, Naknek, Palmer, Sand Point, St. Paul Island, Seward, Unalaska, and Valdez
Education
- Mathematics — Bard College — B.A. (2003)
- Northeastern University School of Law — J.D.
Additional information
- Appointed to the bench in 2023.
- She also served as an assistant municipal attorney from 2016
- Private practice for five years
- handling criminal defense, family law, and landlord/tenant matters
- Criminal Trial Unit at the Alaska Public Defender Agency
- handling civil litigation and workers’ compensation cases.
- focusing on intimate partner violence, child abuse, and related cases Must Read Alaska .
- She was also a former co‐chair of the Anchorage Women’s Commission and served on the Alaska Bar Association’s CLE Committee.
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 District Court, Anchorage
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