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- Partner
- Animal Bites -- Defense
- Arbitration
- Assault & Battery -- Defense
- Aviation Accidents -- Defense
- Bad Faith
- Commercial Insurance
- Complex Litigation
- Defamation & Privacy -- Defense
- Employment Discrimination -- Employer
- Federal Trial Practice
- Insurance Malpractice
- Jones Act
- Mediation
- Motor Vehicle
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense
- Personal Injury -- Defense
- Premises Liability -- Defense
- Property & Casualty
- Property Damage -- Defense
- Railroad Accidents -- Defense
- Sexual Harassment -- Employer
- Slip and Fall -- Defense
- State Trial Practice
- Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer
- Wrongful Death -- Defense
- Wrongful Termination -- Employer
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Alaska, 1992
- U.S. District Court District of Alaska, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1992
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
- University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington, 1992
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
- B.A.
- Major:
Political Science
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1994
- Attendee
- Christiansen v. Christiansen, 152 P.3d 1144
(Supreme Court of Alaska 2007)
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- Mahan v. Arctic Catering, Inc., 133 P.3d 655
(Supreme Court of Alaska 2006)
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- Kirk v. Demientieff and United Companies, 145 P.3d 512
(Supreme Court of Alaska 2006)
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- Thomann v. Fouse, 93 P. 3d 1048
(Supreme Court of Alaska 2004)
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- DeNardo v. ABC Ins. RVs Motorhomes, 51 P. 3d 919
(Supreme Court of Alaska 2002)
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- Orisini v. O/S Seabrooke, 247 F. 3d 953
(United States Court of Appeals 9th Circuit 2001)
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- Whitesides v. U-Haul Co., 16 P. 3d 729
(Supreme Court of Alaska 2001)
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- Gapay v. Q & S Enterprises, 133 F. Supp. 2d 1139
(United States District Court, District of Alaska 2000)
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- Coulson v. Marsh & McLennan, Inc., 973 P. 2d 1142
(Supreme Court of Alaska 1999)
- Alaska National Insurance Co.
- St. Paul Travelers
- Chubb Group
- Ethics at the 11th Hour, Alaska Bar Association,
December 13, 2007
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- Insurance Law: Third Party Coverage in Alaska, National Business Institute,
June 30, 2004
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- Insurance Ethical Dilemmas, Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) - Alaska Chapter,
April 15, 2004
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- Challenges in Alaska Insurance Coverage Litigation, National Business Institute,
December 2, 2003
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- Emerging State and Federal Issues: Preparing for Future Employment Law Challenges, Council on Education in Management,
December 4, 2002
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- Alaska Law Update as it Relates to Maritime Issues and Insurance Issues, Marine Insurance Association of Seattle,
June 8, 2000
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- Impact of Employment Law on Traditional Maritime Claims, Marine Insurance Association of Seattle,
February 25, 1999
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- Peculiarities in Alaska Law Which Affect Claims Handling, Puget Sound Maritime Claims Association,
May 28, 1998
- Alaska Bar Association,
2000 - Present
- Fee Arbitrator
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- Defense Research Institute,
2000 - Present
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- State Representative,
2002
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2004
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- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA),
2005 - Present
- present Associate Member
- Delta Delta Delta
- 1964, Redwood City, California, United States of America
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