...Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was the first Alaskan jurist appointed to this position on the nation's largest appellate court.Judge Boochever served on many national, state, and local committees, and worked on numerous legal commissions...

...before 1997 that said state restitution cannot be set higher than a criminal defendant's ability to pay. But the appellate court judges ruled that the new Mandatory Victim's Restitution Act, which removes caps on restitution orders, applies to...

...highest court has been more diversified than it is now, its current members consisting solely of former federal appellate court judges. Feldman, the Anchorage attorney, believes the voices being heard from the court are unduly narrow for that...

...before 1997 that said state restitution cannot be set higher than a criminal defendant's ability to pay. But the appellate court judges ruled that the new Mandatory Victim's Restitution Act, which removes caps on restitution orders, applies to...

...as our judges seem to hold them. I hope I speak for the fair-minded of our state when I say "thank you," appellate court judges, for having the backbone to stand for our citizens beneath what is undoubtedly an insurmountable amount of political...

...returned to the Pacific Northwest to work as the tribal judge in Washington State for the Puyallup Tribal Court and appellate court judge pro tem for numerous tribal courts. He was a co-founder and president of the Northwest Tribal Court Judges Association...