State Government.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Right Moves

Gov. Sarah Palin appointed Fairbanks attorney Daniel Winfree to the Alaska Supreme Court. Winfree replaces Associate Justice Alexander O. Bryner, who retired Oct. 31, 2007, after 10 years service of years on the court, including three years as chief justice, from 2003-06. Winfree earned a law degree and master's degree from the University of California in 1981. He worked for Perkins Coie law office in Anchorage in the 1980s. He most recently worked from his own law office in Fairbanks. Also, J. Kate Burkhart was appointed executive director of the advisory board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the Alaska Mental Health Board. She previously worked as...