Dana Fabe

Dana Anderson Fabe (born March 29, 1951) has been a member of the Alaska Supreme Court since March 1996. She has served two terms as the court's Chief Justice (2000–2003, 2006–2009). She was the first woman to be appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court and the Alaska Supreme Court's first female Chief Justice.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she grew up in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood and attended The Seven Hills School. She attended Cornell University (BA 1973) and Northeastern University School of Law (JD 1976), before moving to Alaska in the 1970s.^[1]

Following the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, U.S. Senator Mark Begich recommended her as a possible successor in a letter to President Barack Obama.^[2]

External links

Dana Fabe info at Alaskan Judicial Council

References

Legal offices
Preceded by Warren Matthews	13th Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2003	Succeeded by Alex Bryner
Preceded by Alex Bryner	15th Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2009	Succeeded by Walter L. Carpeneti

Current statewide political officials of Alaska

U.S. Senators	Lisa Murkowski (R) Mark Begich (D)

U.S. Representative	Don Young (R), Representative At-Large

State government	Sean Parnell (R), Governor Mead Treadwell (R), Lieutenant Governor

State Senate	Gary Stevens, President Kevin Meyer, Majority Leader John Coghill, Minority Leader

State House	Mike Chenault, Speaker Alan Austerman, Majority Leader Beth Kerttula, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Walter L. Carpeneti, Chief Justice Morgan Christen Craig F. Stowers Dana Fabe Daniel E. Winfree

AK AR CA CT FL ID IL IN IA KY LA MD MA MN NJ NY NC OH OK OR PA SD WV

Persondata
Name	Fabe, Dana
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 29, 1951
Place of birth	Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of death
Place of death