12 Facts About Dana Fabe

Dana Anderson Fabe was born on March 29,1951 and is an American lawyer, retired judge, and mediator.

Dana Fabe served as a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from 1996 to 2016, including three terms as the court's chief justice.

Dana Fabe previously served as an Alaska trial court judge for nearly eight years, from 1988 to 1996.

Dana Fabe grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood and attended the Seven Hills School.

Dana Fabe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from the Northeastern University School of Law in 1976.

Dana Fabe served in that position until 1988, when she became a judge herself.

Dana Fabe served as a judge on that trial court in Anchorage from 1988 to 1996, including serving as the deputy presiding Judge of the Third Judicial District from 1992 to 1995, and as a training judge for that district.

Dana Fabe was the first woman to serve as Justice and as chief justice, and the second individual to serve three terms as chief justice, after Jay Rabinowitz who served four.

Dana Fabe is a sustaining elected member of the American Law Institute, a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a former President of the National Association of Women Judges, and a former member of the board of directors and Second Vice-President of the Conference of Chief Justices.

Dana Fabe received the Sandra Day O'Connor Civic Outreach Award from the National Center for State Courts in 2017, the Distinguished Service Award from the same organization in 2012, and the Justice Vaino Spencer Leadership Award from the National Association of Women Judges in 2012.

Dana Fabe was named as a member of the inaugural class of the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2009, and as a Woman of Achievement by the YWCA in 2002.

Dana Fabe has been an active supporter of arts, civic, and other community organizations, for example, as a trustee of the Anchorage Museum Organization and the Soroptimists.