Ralph R. Beistline

Ralph R. Beistline
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Incumbent
Assumed office December 31, 2015
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office 2009 – December 31, 2015
Preceded by	John W. Sedwick
Succeeded by	Timothy Mark Burgess
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office March 19, 2002 – December 31, 2015
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Hezekiah Russel Holland
Succeeded by	vacant
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 75–76) Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Alaska University of Puget Sound School of Law

Ralph R. Beistline (born 1948) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Beistline received a B.A. from the University of Alaska in 1972 and a J.D. from the University of Puget Sound School of Law in 1974. He was a law clerk to three judges on the Superior Court in Fairbanks from 1974 to 1975, and was thereafter in private practice in Alaska from 1975 to 1992. He was a judge on the Superior Court, Fairbanks, Alaska, from 1992 to 2002.

Beistline was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 8, 2001, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska vacated by Hezekiah Russel Holland. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2002, and received his commission on March 19, 2002. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2015.

Sources

• Ralph R. Beistline at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by John W. Sedwick	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska 2009–2015	Succeeded by Timothy Mark Burgess
Preceded by Hezekiah Russel Holland	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska 2002–2015	Vacant