Dana Fabe

Dana Anderson Fabe (born March 29, 1951) was a member of the Alaska Supreme Court from March 1996 until her retirement in June 2016. She served three terms as the court's chief justice (2000–2003, 2006–2009, 2012–2015). She was the first woman appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court and the Alaska Supreme Court's first female chief justice.

Dana Fabe
Alma mater

Life

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]

An Indian Law and Order Commission report in 2013 of its investigation into public safety and justice system in Alaska Native villages commended Fabe's efforts to adapt traditional Native practices in sentencing, calling them "innovative, impressive and welcome."[3]

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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
Preceded by
Walter L. Carpeneti
17th Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2015
Succeeded by
Craig Stowers


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