2024 Alaska Legal Elite
Text reading "Alaska's Legal Elite" in bold, stylized font with the subtitle "Alaska's most talented lawyers nominated by their peers."
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  • ALASKA NATIVE LAW
    Lee Baxter
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Philip Blumstein
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Anna Chapman Crary
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Kevin M. Cuddy
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Jon M. DeVore
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Heather Kendall-Miller
    Native American Rights Fund
    Anchorage

  • Whitney A. Leonard
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage

  • Kay E. Maassen Gouwens
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage

  • Andrew March
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Matt Mead
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Lloyd B. Miller
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage

  • Richard D. Monkman
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Juneau

  • Nicholas Ostrovsky
    Ahtna, Inc.
    Anchorage

  • Bonnie J. Paskvan
    Dorsey & Whitney
    Anchorage

  • Rebecca A. Patterson
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage

  • Elizaveta Barrett Ristroph
    Ristroph Law, Planning, and Research
    Allakaket

  • Christopher Slottee
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Geoff D. Strommer
    Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
    Anchorage

  • Michael Walleri
    Jason Weiner and Associates
    Fairbanks

  • Christine Williams
    Outlook Law
    Anchorage

  • APPELLATE LAW
    Whitney A. Brown
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Jennifer M. Coughlin
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Andy Erickson
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Matthew T. Findley
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Kirsten Kinegak-Friday
    Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
    Anchorage

  • Mara E. Michaletz
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Michelle S. Nesbett
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Aimee Oravec
    Doyon Utilities
    Fairbanks

  • William R. Satterberg Jr.
    Satterberg Law Offices
    Fairbanks

  • John M. Starkey
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Will Wright
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • ARCTIC LAW
    Richard A. Camilleri
    Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Elizabeth Saagulik Hensley
    NANA Regional Corporation
    Anchorage

  • AVIATION MARITIME & TRANSPORTATION
    Peter J. Caltagirone
    Caltagirone Legal
    Anchorage

  • Brent R. Cole
    Law Office of Brent R. Cole
    Anchorage

  • Molly Henry
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Mark C. Manning
    Mark C. Manning
    Anchorage

  • Jack Poulson
    Poulson & Woolford
    Juneau

  • Robert L. Richmond
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • Michael S. Schechter
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Lanning M. Trueb
    Trueb Berne & Beard
    Anchorage

  • Marc G. Wilhelm
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • BANKRUPTCY LAW
    Austin K. Barron
    Step Two Law
    Anchorage

  • Michelle Boutin
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Jennifer Holland
    Law Offices of Jennifer L. Holland
    Anchorage

  • Robert H. Hume Jr.
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Bruce A. Moore
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • BUSINESS LAW
    William M. Bankston
    Bankston Gronning Brecht Attorneys at Law
    Anchorage

  • Andrea N. Canfield
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Ken Ciccoli
    North Star Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Peter M. Diemer
    Clayton & Diemer
    Anchorage

  • Zoe A. Eisberg
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Michael Geraghty
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • Michael A. Grisham
    Dorsey & Whitney
    Anchorage

  • John D. Kauffman
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Cole M. Lindemann
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Julian L. Mason
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Mark P. Melchert
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage

  • Michael R. Mills
    Dorsey & Whitney
    Anchorage

  • Abigail E. O’Connor
    Peak Trust Company
    Anchorage

  • Michael Parise
    Lane Powell
    Anchorage

  • Brian Riekkola
    North Star Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Michael Rose
    North Star Law Group
    Anchorage

  • A. William Saupe
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • James E. Torgerson
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Christopher WALKER
    Faulkner Banfield
    Juneau

  • Thomas V. Wang
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • CORPORATE COUNSEL
    Stephanie Aicher
    Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
    Anchorage

  • William H. Bittner
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Peter Boskofsky
    Koniag
    Anchorage

  • Siena Caruso
    Chenega Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Walter Featherly
    Calista Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Kristy A. Garrett
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Jessica Graham
    Global Credit Union
    Anchorage

  • Lindsey Holmes
    NANA North
    Anchorage

  • Alexander J. Kubitz
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Donald W. McClintock
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Robert Misulich
    The Aleut Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Melanie Osborne
    Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
    Anchorage

  • Danielle Ryman
    Bering Straits Native Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Peter Scully
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Sarah Shine
    Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Natasha Singh
    Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
    Anchorage

  • Moira Smith
    ENSTAR Natural Gas Company
    Anchorage

  • Allen Todd
    Doyon, Limited
    Fairbanks

  • EMPLOYMENT LAW
    Suzanne A. Adler
    Bankston Gronning Brecht Attorneys at Law
    Anchorage

  • Jennifer C. Alexander
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Jack Day
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Kim Dunn
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • William A. Earnhart
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Bill Evans
    Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi
    Anchorage

  • Gregory S. Fisher
    Littler Mendelson
    Anchorage

  • David M. Freeman
    Holmes Weddle & Barcott
    Anchorage

  • Eva R. Gardner
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Elizabeth P. Hodes
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Kristal Leonard
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Michael O’Brien
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Renea Saade
    Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Howard Trickey
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Patti A. Vecera
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • ENVIRONMENTAL NATURAL RESOURCES
    Shannon M. Bleicher
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Scott Broadwell
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Eric B. Fjelstad
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Tina M. Grovier
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Michael Jungreis
    Reeves Amodio
    Anchorage

  • Jonathon Katcher
    Pope & Katcher
    Anchorage

  • John D. Kaufman
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Cameron Mileham Leonard
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Lynn T. Manolopoulos
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Connie Sue Martin
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Ramona L. Monroe
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Hannah Paton
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Herbert Ray
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Elena Romerdahl
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Matthew Singer
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE LAW
    Peter B. Brautigam
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Ann M. Bruner
    Durrell Law Group
    Anchorage

  • BethAnn Boudah Chapman
    Faulkner Banfield
    Juneau

  • Maribeth Conway
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Blyss Cruz
    Cruz Law
    Anchorage

  • Stephen Greer
    Stephen Greer Law
    Anchorage

  • Heidi Holmes
    Hompesch Evans & Averett
    Fairbanks

  • Melanie Iverson Kaufman
    Foley & Pearson
    Anchorage

  • Karl A. Kaufman
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Christopher P. Lauer
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Robert L. Manley
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Steven T. O’Hara
    O’Hara Tax Lawyer
    Anchorage

  • William M. Pearson
    Foley & Pearson
    Anchorage

  • Stuart Cameron Rader
    Ingaldson Fitzgerald
    Anchorage

  • Chelsea Ray Riekkola
    Foley & Pearson
    Anchorage

  • David Rohlfing
    Shaftel Delman
    Anchorage

  • Elizabeth Smith
    49th Estate Planning
    Juneau

  • Ashley Sundquist
    Sundquist Law
    Anchorage

  • Tonja Woelber
    Woelber & Associates
    Anchorage

  • ETHICS & COMPLIANCE
    Erin Rose
    Doyon, Limited

  • FAMILY LAW
    Dorothea G. Aguero
    Dorothea G. Aguero, Attorney at Law
    Anchorage

  • Rachel K. Berngartt
    Baxter Bruce & Sullivan
    Juneau

  • Sarah Kathryn Bryan
    Shortell Law
    Anchorage

  • Marc Chicklo
    Chicklo Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Nicole Daussin
    The Law Office of Nicole Daussin
    Wasilla

  • Lindsey N. Dupuis
    The Law Office of Lindsey N. Dupuis
    Anchorage

  • Maurice Nathaniel Ellis
    Law Office of Maurice N. Ellis
    Anchorage

  • Michael Gershel
    Law Offices of Michael Gershel
    Anchorage

  • Adam Gulkis
    North Star Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Megan Hiser
    Chicklo Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Ryan Lonergan
    Stohler & Lonergan
    Palmer

  • Kara A. Nyquist
    Nyquist Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Stefan Otterson
    Otterson Law & Mediation
    Anchorage

  • D. Patrick Phillip
    Carlson Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Danee L. Pontious
    Pontious Law Offices
    Anchorage

  • Margaret Rogers
    Rogers Law Group
    Fairbanks

  • Gabriel E. Sassoon
    Baxter Bruce & Sullivan
    Juneau

  • Caitlin Shortell
    Shortell Law
    Anchorage

  • Joe Towslee
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Jason Weiner
    Jason Weiner and Associates
    Fairbanks

  • GOVERNMENT & ADMINISTRATIVE
    Aisha Bray
    State of Alaska – Department of Law

  • Kevin R. Feldis
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Scott Kendall
    Cashion Gilmore & Lindemuth
    Anchorage

  • Leslie R. Need
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Aaron Peterson
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage

  • Jessica Spuhler
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Holly C. Wells
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Matthew C. Widmer
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • HEALTHCARE LAW
    Carolyn Heyman
    Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi
    Anchorage

  • Timothy J. Lamb
    Delaney Wiles
    Anchorage

  • Donna M. Meyers
    Delaney Wiles
    Anchorage

  • IMMIGRATION LAW
    Julie Fields
    Fields Immigration Law Office
    Anchorage

  • Margaret D. Stock
    Cascadia Cross Border Law Group
    Anchorage

  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
    Jonathan Ward
    Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • LITIGATION
    Brewster H. Jamieson
    Lane Powell
    Anchorage

  • James N. Leik
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Jackson Morawski
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Jeffrey W. Robinson
    Lane Powell
    Anchorage

  • Connor Smith
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • PERSONAL INJURY
    David Karl Gross
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Kenneth M. Gutsch
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • Marc W. June
    Law Office of Marc June
    Anchorage

  • Robert J. Jurasek
    Pentlarge Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Michael Kramer
    Kramer & Cosgrove
    Anchorage

  • Rebecca Lindemann
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • James Nolan
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • Neil T. O’Donnell
    Cascadia Cross Border Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Peter Sandberg
    Ingaldson Fitzgerald
    Anchorage

  • Michael J. Schneider
    Law Office of Michael J. Schneider
    Anchorage

  • Meg Simonian
    Dillon Findley & Simonian
    Anchorage

  • Jason Skala
    Law Office of Jason Skala
    Anchorage

  • Aaron D. Sperbeck
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Robert Stone
    Robert Stone Law Office
    Anchorage

  • Richard Vollertsen
    Atkinson Conway & Gagnon
    Anchorage

  • PUBLIC CONTRACTS LAW
    Wiley Cason
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • Adam W. Cook
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Traeger Machetanz
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Anne Marie Tavella
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY
    JP Wood
    Dillon Findley & Simonian
    Anchorage

  • REAL ESTATE LAW
    Sarah A. Badten
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Lauren Sommer Boskofsky
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Sarah C. Gillstrom
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Casey K. Gilmore
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Joshua D. Hodes
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Doug A. Karet
    Bankston Gronning Brecht Attorneys at Law
    Anchorage

  • Barbara Simpson Kraft
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Rebecca E. Lipson
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • James H. McCollum
    McCollum & Rounds
    Anchorage

  • Michael J. Schwarz
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Benjamin W. Spiess
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Steven Tervooren
    Hughes White Colbo & Tervooren
    Anchorage

  • Ryan J. Thomas
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • TAXATION LAW
    Jonathan E. Iversen
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Christy Lee
    Law Offices of Christy Lee
    Anchorage

  • Francis Steven Mahoney
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Charles F. Schuetze
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
    Amanda K. Eklund
    Eklund Law Office
    Anchorage

  • Justin S. Eppler
    Law Office of Justin S. Eppler
    Anchorage

  • Bryan Haugstad
    Haugstad Advocacy & Litigation Office
    Anchorage

  • Rebecca Holdiman-Miller
    Holmes Weddle & Barcott
    Anchorage

  • Carson Honeycutt
    Honeycutt Law
    Anchorage

  • Michelle M. Meshke
    Meshke Paddock & Budzinski
    Anchorage

  • Adam Sadoski
    Meshke Paddock & Budzinski
    Anchorage

  • Stacey Stone
    Holmes Weddle & Barcott
    Anchorage

  • Martha Tansik
    Meshke Paddock & Budzinski
    Anchorage

  • Zane D. Wilson
    CSG, Inc.
    Fairbanks

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