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Jennifer S. Henderson
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Background: Henderson's career experience includes working as an assistant district attorney with the Anchorage District Attorney's Office and an associate attorney with Farley & Graves, P.C. She co-founded and served on the board of Girls on the Run Southcentral Alaska.
At a glance
- Court
- Alaska Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) (July 7, 2021); retained by voters in a retention election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R)
- Appointment date
- July 7, 2021
- Took office
- July 21, 2021
- Current term ends
- February 5, 2035
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Claremont McKenna College, 1998
- Law: Yale Law School, 2001
- Prior offices
- Alaska Third District Superior Court (2017 - 2021)
- Alaska Third District District Court (2012 - 2017)
- Profession
- Attorney
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Hybrid)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Jennifer S. Henderson’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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