Susan M. Carney (born 1961) is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska. Appointed on May 12, 2016, she was sworn in on August 26, 2016.

Biography

Born in

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, Carney earned her bachelor's degree in history and literature at

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and graduated ''cum laude'' from

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. After law school, she clerked for Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jay Rabinowitz. Carney later worked as a defense attorney in the Office of Public Advocacy and with the Alaska Public Defender Agency.

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1961 births Living people Justices of the Alaska Supreme Court Radcliffe College alumni Harvard Law School alumni People from Worcester, Massachusetts Public defenders 21st-century American judges 21st-century American women judges {{US-state-judge-stub