Source: alaskabeacon.com 11/7/25
[ACSOL note: this is an article on a conviction for abuse of authority]
The Alaska Supreme Court has disbarred former U.S. District Court Judge Josh Kindred, banning him from practicing law in the state, “effective immediately.”
The court’s decision was announced Friday, a little over three months after the Alaska Bar Association recommended the action.
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He resigned last year after investigators found that he had a “sexualized relationship” with a clerk who became a prosecutor and lied about it to a senior judge and investigators, and maintained a hostile workplace for law clerks.
Since his resignation, the outcome of dozens of criminal and civil cases has been called into question because of the relationship between Kindred and the prosecutor, and one conviction has already been tossed out.
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The remaining three justices — Chief Justice Susan Carney, Justice Dario Borghesan, and Justice Jude Pate — voted unanimously to “adopt the findings and conclusions of the disciplinary board.”
They ordered Kindred be “disbarred from the practice of law in Alaska, effective immediately.”
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With a bit of digging, I discovered that a disbarred attorney in Alaska may apply for reinstatement after a minimum of five years, provided they can demonstrate rehabilitation and fitness to practice law again. And the State Supreme Court has the final say in reinstatement of the law license.
This “judge” MAY also have to take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), as well as prove that he has displayed “good moral character” during those five years. He may need to retake the bar exam as well. He will also have to prove that he has addressed the issue(s) that led to his disbarment (therapy?).
Bottom line: He is not treated as if he were a Tier 3 PFR, not barred for life as an attorney, nor made to register. But he has some work to do if he wants to regain his license.
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[MONDERATORS REMINDER: UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED BY POLITICAL JABS WE FALL]
Kudos to the remaining three judges.
Hopefully, they will do the right thing and reverse every single conviction under this corrupt duo!
In Suffolk County, NY, the DA, Chief of Police, AND the head detective of the DA’s anti-corruption unit were found to be corrupt criminals. There’s still no justice in sight for all their victims, many of whom are still rotting behind bars.
No charges were ever brought against the rest of the officials and lawyers who all participated in these crimes against the public.
All the cases prosecuted under these criminals should be reversed. Guilty in one, guilty in all!
A slap on the wrist and a vacation trip to club Fed, where the chief got to do his drugs, was all she wrote for this trio!
We need some of the US Supreme Court Judges to be banned from practicing law immediately.