Alex R. Munson

Alex Robert Munson (born September 25, 1941) is an inactive American jurist. He was sworn in as chief judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands on November 18, 1988, and he took senior status effective February 28, 2010. Prior to assuming his position on the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, in 1981 he was appointed the Chief Justice of the High Court of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and in 1989 became a designated judge for the District Court of Guam.

Early life and career
Alex Robert Munson was born September 25, 1941 in South Gate, California. He received his undergraduate degree in 1964 and an M.A. in 1965 from Long Beach State College, an Ed.D. degree in 1970 from the University of Southern California, and a J.D. degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1975. Prior to and immediately following law school, Munson served as a teacher with the Anglewood Unified School District. From 1977 to 1978, Munson was an associate with the law firm of Robert S. Talbert & Associates; from 1978 to 1982, he was an associate with the firm of Kirtland & Packard; and from 1982 to 1988, he was Chief Justice of the High Court of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior, until that entity ceased to exist.