| Joel Bolger | |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | July 1, 2018 |
| Term End: | June 30, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Craig Stowers |
| Successor: | Daniel Winfree |
| Office1: | Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court |
| Appointer1: | Sean Parnell |
| Term Start1: | January 25, 2013 |
| Term End1: | June 30, 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Walter L. Carpeneti |
| Successor1: | Jennifer S. Henderson |
| Birth Name: | Joel Harold Bolger |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Carroll, Iowa, U.S. |
| Education: | University of Iowa (BS, JD) |
Joel Harold Bolger (born February 16, 1955, in Carroll, Iowa) is an American lawyer and jurist. He served as a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from 2013 to 2021.[1] [2] He served as chief justice from 2018 to 2021.[3] He was a judge of the Alaska Court of Appeals (Alaska's intermediate appellate court) from October 2008 until his appointment to the high court. Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer throughout Alaska since arriving there in the late 1970s. He also served as a state trial court judge in Kodiak and Valdez. On November 30, 2020, Bolger announced his plans to retire effective June 30, 2021.[4]
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