Docter recently stepped down as traffic prosecutor for the Attorney General’s Office.
Chief Justice Miguel S. Demapan said “while Daniel will be difficult to replace, we are excited to add another highly qualified attorney to our staff. By all accounts, [Ms. Dockter] was an excellent member of the judicial branch while clerking for Judge David Wiseman, and I have no doubt she will serve the commonwealth well in her new role.”
Stafford recently received a plaque of appreciation from Demapan, Justice Alexandro C. Castro and Judge Wiseman in honor of his “exemplary performance initially as a law clerk for the Supreme Court and most recently as its clerk of court and legal counsel.”
According to Stanford, “I immensely enjoyed my time in the judiciary and will greatly miss working with my colleagues and the justices on a regular basis.”
He will soon work for Bridge Capital.
Dockter is the 10th prosecutor to leave the AGO since Sept. 2009.
In her new role as the clerk of court, Dockter will also serve as the staff attorney for the judicial branch, which will require her to review all personnel and third-party vendor contracts and to represent the judicial branch in various other matters.
The office of the clerk is also the depository for all new documents filed with the Supreme Court.
Dockter is a member of the bar associations of the CNMI and California, She arrived here in 2008 and served as a law clerk for Wiseman.
She has a bachelor’s degree in international business from Boise State University, where she graduated cum laude, and a law degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, where she graduated third in a class of 177, the Supreme Court said.
