Dario Borghesan (born December 11, 1979) is an American lawyer from

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who is an associate justice of the

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Early life and education

Borghesan was born in

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, in 1979. He studied

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, graduating in 2002 with a

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''. He was a

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volunteer in

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from 2002 to 2004. He attended the

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, graduating in 2008 with a

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''magna cum laude'' and

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honors.

Career

Borghesan served as a

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to Justice Daniel Winfree of the Alaska Supreme Court from 2008 to 2009. He then joined the Alaska Department of Law, where he worked in various roles from 2009 to 2020, including as the supervising attorney of the department's civil appeals section.

Alaska Supreme Court

Borghesan was one of eight candidates who applied to fill a vacancy on the

caused by Justice

Craig Stowers Craig F. Stowers (June 11, 1954 – February 10, 2022) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice, and the 18th chief justice, of the Alaska Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Sean Parnell in 2009 as an assoc ...

’ retirement. The Alaska Judicial Council submitted his name, along with those of three other candidates, to Governor Mike Dunleavy. On July 1, 2020, Dunleavy announced his appointment of Borghesan.

References

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