Honorable Ian Wheeles
Ian Wheeles is a Superior Court Judge in the Third Judicial District in Anchorage, where he has lived his whole life. Judge Wheeles graduated from Dimond High School, played baseball at Illinois Tech, and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He earned his law degree at the University of Idaho. Judge Wheeles practiced criminal defense and family law for a little over one year after law school before opening his own firm in 2009. He spent the next 13 years primarily practicing family law, in addition to a broad span of other areas. In 2015, he was appointed to serve on the Child Support Review Committee. He was appointed to the bench in 2022. Judge Wheeles enjoys spending time with his family, camping, hunting, and reading. He was appointed to the Commission in 2024.