Joel Harold Bolger (born February 16, 1955, in

Carroll, Iowa Carroll is a city in, and the county seat of, Carroll County, Iowa, United States, along the Middle Raccoon River. The population was 10,321 in the 2020 census. History Carroll was laid out in 1867. It took its name from Carroll County, which ...

) is an American lawyer and jurist. He served as a justice of the

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from 2013 to 2021. He served as chief justice from 2018 to 2021. He was a judge of the

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(Alaska's intermediate appellate court) from October 2008 until his appointment to the high court. Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer throughout Alaska since arriving there in the late 1970s. He also served as a state trial court judge in

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and Valdez. On November 30, 2020, Bolger announced his plans to retire effective June 30, 2021.

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