Anchorage, Alaska
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I have practiced law in
I graduated in 1980 from UCLA School of Law, where I was a member of the UCLA Law Review and an editor of the UCLA-Alaska Law Review. I received my undergraduate degree in 1977 with distinction from
There are a number of organizations to which attorneys representing accident victims belong. I am a Sustaining member in the American Association of Justice(AAJ), formerly known as the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA), a member of the Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers (AATL) and a member of the American Bar Association (ABA). Because of my trial experience, I have been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). As an attorney representing accident victims, I receive valuable support and information from these organizations.
Over the years I have been active within the Alaska Bar Association. Currently, I serve on the Civil Rules Committee for the Alaska Court System and am a member of the Ethics Committee for the Alaska Bar Association. In the past, I have been a member of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association, the body responsible for supervising the activities of all
- Areas of Practice:
- Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- Aviation
- Education:
- University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California,
1980
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - Stanford University, Palo Alto, California,
1977
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: With Distinction
- Representative Cases:
- Dobrydnia v. Farwest Fisheries (9th Cir. 1996)
- Fairbanks North Slope Borough (9th Cir. 1980)
- Denardo v. Murphy, 781 F. 2d 1345 (9th Cir. 1986)
- Denardo v. State of Alaska, 740 P.2d 453 (Alaska 1987)
- Kennecorp Mortgage & Equities, Inc. v. First National Bank of Fairbanks, 685 P. 2d 1232 (Alaska 1984)
- Van Brunt v. State of Alaska, 653 P. 2d 343 (Alaska 1982)
- Van Brunt v. State of Alaska, 646 P. 2d 872 (Alaska App. 1982)
- Kennedy v. First National Bank of Fairbanks, 637 P. 2d 297 (Alaska 1981)
