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elcome to the third annual Alaska Business Legal Elite! This list features Alaska’s most talented lawyers, as nominated by their peers.

We invited licensed Alaskan lawyers to nominate fellow professionals whom they think excel in providing legal services. A third-party data collection specialist verified that the nominated individuals have a current law license. The final list of Legal Elite represents notable practicing lawyers in the state, selected by those who are intimately knowledgeable about what it takes to excel in the field.

Lawyers named among the Legal Elite occupy a range of roles, from working at government agencies or traditional law firms to corporate counsel or “hang a shingle” small practices. This list is not a directory of attorneys for hire; many would be happy to provide legal services to any client, but some already have briefcases full of other business. What this list does represent is the cream of the legal industry crop in Alaska.

  • Alaska Native Law
    Andrew March
    Gana-A’Yoo
    Anchorage

  • Anna Chapman Crary
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Bonnie J. Paskvan
    Dorsey & Whitney
    Anchorage
  • Christopher Slottee
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage
  • Connor Smith
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage
  • Elizaveta Barrett Ristroph
    Ristroph Law-Planning and Research
    Fairbanks
  • Geoff D. Strommer
    Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker
    Anchorage
  • Heather Kendall-Miller
    Native American Rights Fund
    Anchorage
  • James J. Davis Jr.
    Northern Justice Project
    Anchorage
  • Jon M. DeVore
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage
  • K. Amanda Saunders
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage
  • Kevin M. Cuddy
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage
  • Lee Baxter
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage
  • Lloyd B. Miller
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage
  • Maggie Massey
    Kawerak, Inc.
    Anchorage
  • Maude Blair
    Alaska Native Justice Center
    Anchorage
  • Michael Walleri
    Jason Weiner and Associates
    Fairbanks
  • Natasha Singh
    Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
    Anchorage
  • Philip Blumstein
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Rebecca A. Patterson
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage
  • Richard D. Monkman
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Juneau
  • River E.M. Sterne
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Russell L. Winner
    Winner & Associates
    Anchorage
  • Steven C. Wilfong
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage
  • Vanessa Norman
    Doyon, Limited
    Anchorage
  • Whitney A. Leonard
    Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman
    Anchorage
  • William H. Bittner
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage
  • Appellate Law
    Andy Erickson
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • David Wilkinson
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage
  • James E. Torgerson
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage
  • Jennifer M. Coughlin
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Jessica Alloway
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage
  • Laura Fox
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage
  • Matthew Singer
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage
  • Matthew T. Findley
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage
  • Michelle S. Nesbett
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage
  • Sarah Schirack
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage
  • Whitney A. Brown
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage
  • Aviation, Maritime & Transportation
    Brent R. Cole
    Law Office of Brent R. Cole
    Anchorage
  • Jack Poulson
    Poulson & Woolford
    Juneau
  • Lanning M. Trueb
    Trueb Berne & Beard
    Anchorage
  • Marc G. Wilhelm
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage
  • Mark C. Manning
    Mark C. Manning
    Anchorage
  • Michael S. Schechter
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage
  • Molly Henry
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage
  • Peter J. Caltagirone
    Caltagirone Legal
    Anchorage
  • Robert L. Richmond
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage
  • William Wright
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage
  • Bankruptcy Law
    Austin K. Barron
    Step Two Law
    Anchorage
  • Bruce A. Moore
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Jennifer L. Holland
    Law Offices of Jennifer L. Holland
    Anchorage
  • Michelle Boutin
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Robert H. Hume Jr.
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Business Law
    A. William Saupe
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage
  • Andrea N. Canfield
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage
  • Jason M. Brandeis
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage
  • John D. Kauffman
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage
  • Julian L. Mason
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage
  • Ken Ciccoli
    Inlet Law
    Homer
  • Leslie R. Need
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage
  • Matthew Block
    Block Law Office
    Anchorage
  • Michael A. Grisham
    Dorsey & Whitney
    Anchorage
  • Michael Geraghty
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage
  • Michael Parise
    Ballard Spahr
    Anchorage
  • Michael R. Mills
    Dorsey & Whitney
    Anchorage
  • Robert A. Sparks
    The Law Office of Robert A. Sparks
    Fairbanks
  • Scott J. Gerlach
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage
  • Thomas V. Wang
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage
  • William M. Bankston
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage
  • Zoe A. Eisberg
    Ballard Spahr
    Anchorage

  • Chief Fiduciary Officer
    Abigail O’Connor
    Peak Trust Company
    Anchorage

  • Corporate Counsel
    Alexander J. Kubitz
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Allen Todd
    Doyon, Limited
    Fairbanks

  • Jamie N. Conway
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Jared Gardner
    ASRC Energy Services
    Anchorage

  • Jessica Graham
    Global Credit Union
    Anchorage

  • Joshua Berg
    Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Kayla Tanner
    Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Kristy A. Garrett
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Lindsey Holmes
    Nana North
    Anchorage

  • Melanie Osborne
    Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
    Anchorage

  • Nicholas Ostrovsky
    Ahtna, Inc.
    Anchorage

  • Pamela Keeler
    Chugach Alaska Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Peter Boskofsky
    Koniag
    Anchorage

  • Richard A. Camilleri
    UIC Alaska
    Anchorage

  • Robert Misulich
    The Aleut Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Siena Caruso
    Chenega Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Stephanie Aicher
    Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
    Anchorage

  • Walter Featherly
    Calista Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Cyber Blockchain & Technology Law
    Kevin R. Feldis
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Elder Law
    Ilona Bessenyey
    Bessenyey & Van Tuyn
    Anchorage

  • Employment Law
    Allen Clendaniel
    Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi
    Anchorage

  • Bill Evans
    Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi
    Anchorage

  • Brewster H. Jamieson
    Ballard Spahr
    Anchorage

  • David M. Freeman
    Holmes Weddle & Barcott
    Anchorage

  • Elizabeth P. Hodes
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Gregory S. Fisher
    Littler Mendelson
    Anchorage

  • Howard Trickey
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Jack Day
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Janel Wright
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage

  • Jennifer C. Alexander
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Kristal Graham
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Laura Fisher
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Megan N. Sandone
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage

  • Michael O’Brien
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Patti A. Vecera
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Renea I. Saade
    Arctic Tern HR Solutions
    Anchorage

  • Ryan A. Stuart
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage

  • Sara L. Bloom
    Law Office of Sara L. Bloom
    Anchorage

  • Sarah E. Josephson
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage

  • Sarah Jane Shine
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • William A. Earnhart
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Environmental Natural Resources
    Aaron Peterson
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage

  • Ashley Donovan
    Trustees for Alaska
    Anchorage

  • Cody B. Doig
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Colleen Moore
    Reeves Amodio
    Anchorage

  • Connie Sue Martin
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Elena Romerdahl
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Eric B. Fjelstad
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Hannah Paton
    Perkins Coie
    Anchorage

  • Jennifer Currie
    State of Alaska – Environmental Section
    Anchorage

  • Jim Shine
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • Jon Katchen
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • Lynn T. Manolopoulos
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Mary Gramling
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage

  • Ramona L. Monroe
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Scott Broadwell
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Shannon M. Bleicher
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Susan Reeves
    Reeves Amodio
    Anchorage

  • Tina M. Grovier
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Walker Stanovsky
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Zjok Durst
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage

  • Estate Planning & Probate Law
    Allison Strickland
    Cruz Law
    Anchorage

  • Ann Bruner
    Durrell Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Ashley Sundquist
    Sundquist Law
    Anchorage

  • Brian Durrell
    Durrell Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Chelsea Ray Riekkola
    Foley & Pearson
    Anchorage

  • Connie A. Aschenbrenner
    Law Office of Constance A. Aschenbrenner
    Anchorage

  • Karl A. Kaufman
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Maribeth Conway
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Peter B. Brautigam
    Manley Brautigam Bankston
    Anchorage

  • Valerie M. Therrien
    Valerie M. Therrien Attorney at Law
    Fairbanks

  • William M. Pearson
    Foley & Pearson
    Anchorage

  • Ethics & Compliance
    Matthew Stinson
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Anchorage

  • Renee Wardlaw
    Bristol Bay Native Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Family Law
    Caitlin Shortell
    Shortell Law
    Anchorage

  • Charles J. Gunther
    Chicklo Law Group
    Anchorage

  • D. Patrick Phillip
    Carlson Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Danee L. Pontious
    Pontious Law Offices
    Anchorage

  • Gary R. Eschbacher
    Eschbacher & Eschbacher
    Anchorage

  • Joe Towslee
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • John Sherman
    Sherman Law Office
    Anchorage

  • Justin R. Eschbacher
    Eschbacher & Eschbacher
    Anchorage

  • Kara A. Nyquist
    Nyquist Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Kathryn Ruff Soden
    Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
    Juneau

  • Kristin Farleigh
    Jason Weiner and Associates
    Fairbanks

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

  • Lori Colbert
    Colbert Family Law
    Anchorage

  • Marc Chicklo
    Chicklo Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Margaret Rogers
    Rogers Law Group
    Fairbanks

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

  • Megan Hiser
    Chicklo Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Michael Gershel
    Law Office of M. Gershel
    Anchorage

  • Seth Dinkel
    Dinkel Law
    Wasilla

  • Government & Administrative
    Adam W. Cook
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Christian Carpeneti
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • Eva Gardner
    Municipality of Anchorage
    Anchorage

  • Holly C. Wells
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Jessica Spuhler
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • John P. Wood
    Dillon Findley & Simonian
    Anchorage

  • Matt Mead
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Matthew C. Widmer
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Matthew Prieksat
    US Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District
    JBER

  • Max D. Holmquist
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage

  • Robert Palmer
    Munson, Cacciola & Severin
    Anchorage

  • Scott Kendall
    Cashion Gilmore & Lindemuth
    Anchorage

  • Healthcare Law
    Carolyn Heyman
    Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi
    Anchorage

  • Casey Willitts
    Alaska Legal Services Corporation
    Anchorage

  • Donna M. Meyers
    Farley & Graves
    Anchorage

  • Jane Sauer
    Jane Sauer Law
    Anchorage

  • Mara E. Michaletz
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Peter M. Diemer
    Clayton & Diemer
    Anchorage

  • Immigration Law
    Anna Taylor
    Alaska Institute for Justice
    Anchorage

  • Julie Fields
    Fields Immigration Law Office
    Anchorage

  • Margaret D. Stock
    Cascadia Cross Border Law Group
    Anchorage

  • Intellectual Property Rights
    Jonathan Ward
    Slater Matsil
    Anchorage

  • Mediation & Arbitration
    Dana Fabe
    Fabe Dispute Resolution
    Anchorage

  • Glenn E. Cravez
    Law Office of Glenn E. Cravez
    Anchorage

  • Jeffrey W. Robinson
    Ballard Spahr
    Anchorage

  • New Lawyers
    Arina Fillapenko
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Chris B. Bruno
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage

  • Danika Watson
    Dorsey & Whitney
    Anchorage

  • Dylan Hitchcock-Lopez
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Dylan Krueger
    State of Alaska – Department of Law
    Juneau

  • Jacob B. Gerrish
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Molly Gunther
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Olivia Wells
    Rogers Law Group
    Fairbanks

  • Sarah Kathryn Bryan
    Shortell Law
    Anchorage

  • Stephanie Huang
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Steve Tennison
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Will Crowther
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • Zach Forrester
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Personal Injury
    Aaron D. Sperbeck
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Colin Strickland
    Farnsworth & Vance
    Anchorage

  • Daniel E. Libbey
    Libbey Law Offices
    Anchorage

  • David Karl Gross
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • James Nolan
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • Jeff Barber
    Alaska Personal Injury Attorneys
    Anchorage

  • John Foster Wallace
    Zimmerman & Wallace
    Fairbanks

  • Kenneth M. Gutsch
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • Mark Choate
    Choate Law Firm
    Juneau

  • Meg Simonian
    Dillon Findley & Simonian
    Anchorage

  • Michael Kramer
    Kramer & Cosgrove
    Anchorage

  • Peter Sandberg
    Sandberg & Pace
    Anchorage

  • Rebecca Lindemann
    Richmond & Quinn
    Anchorage

  • Richard Vollertsen
    Atkinson Conway & Gagnon
    Anchorage

  • Robert Stone
    Robert Stone Law
    Anchorage

  • William R. Satterberg Jr.
    The Law Offices of William R. Satterberg Jr.
    Fairbanks

  • Public Contracts Law
    Anne Marie Tavella
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Doug Karet
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Jackson Morawski
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Traeger Machetanz
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • William Cason
    Holland & Hart
    Anchorage

  • Real Estate Law
    Benjamin W. Spiess
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Brandon C. Marx
    Law Office of Brandon C. Marx
    Sitka

  • Donald W. McClintock
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • James Wright
    James B. Wright & Associates
    Anchorage

  • Joshua D. Hodes
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Lauren Sommer Boskofsky
    Landye Bennett Blumstein
    Anchorage

  • Mark P. Melchert
    Jermain Dunnagan & Owens
    Anchorage

  • Matthew Cooper
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Michael J. Schwarz
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Michael Jungreis
    Reeves Amodio
    Anchorage

  • Peter Scully
    Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
    Anchorage

  • Rebecca E. Lipson
    Ashburn & Mason
    Anchorage

  • Robert K. Reges Jr.
    Reeves Amodio
    Anchorage

  • Sarah C. Gillstrom
    Davis Wright Tremaine
    Anchorage

  • Suzanne Cherot
    Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
    Anchorage

  • Taxation Law
    Casey Carruth-Hinchey
    Shafftel Delman
    Anchorage

  • Jonathan E. Iversen
    Stoel Rives
    Anchorage

  • Nelson G. Page
    Alaska Bar Association
    Anchorage

  • Workers’ Compensation
    Aaron M. Sandone
    Meshke Paddock & Budzinski
    Anchorage

  • Adam Sadoski
    Meshke Paddock & Budzinski
    Anchorage

  • Amanda K. Eklund
    Eklund Law Office
    Anchorage

  • Bryan Haugstad
    Haugstad Advocacy & Litigation Office
    Anchorage

  • Carson Honeycutt
    Honeycutt Law
    Anchorage

  • Heather M. Brown
    Franich Law Office
    Fairbanks

  • J. John Franich
    Franich Law Office
    Fairbanks

  • Lee D. Goodman
    The Law Office of Lee D. Goodman
    Anchorage

  • Martha Tansik
    Meshke Paddock & Budzinski
    Anchorage

  • Michelle M. Meshke
    Meshke Paddock & Budzinski
    Anchorage

  • Robert M. Beconovich
    Franich Law Office
    Fairbanks

  • Stacey Stone
    Holmes Weddle & Barcott
    Anchorage

  • Zane D. Wilson
    CSG
    Fairbanks

Methodology & Disclaimers: Alaska Business contracted DataJoe Research to facilitate an online peer-voting process and Internet research process. To create the list, DataJoe Research facilitated an online peer-voting process. DataJoe confirmed that each published winner had, at time of review, a current, active license status with the appropriate state regulatory board. If we were not able to find evidence of a lawyer’s active registration with the state regulatory board, that lawyer was excluded from the list. In addition, lawyers disciplined for an infraction by the state regulatory board were excluded from the list.

Final note: We recognize that there are many good lawyers who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals within the region.

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