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Experience matters! If you are in a complex divorce, child custody, child visitation, child support or domestic violence situation, give me a call. Over the years I have seen just about every legal family law have represented clients both nationally and internationally.  I have been involved in multi-state child custody litigation. Consultations are available if you are just looking for options.. Phyllis Shepherd, J.D., has been practicing law in Alaska for well over thirty-five years; she is a long time Alaska resident who raised a family in this beautiful state. Her legal practice has emphasized trials and appeals, primarily in family law. She graduated from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. She has been an adjunct instructor of paralegals; she has been a law clerk to a judge on the Alaska Court of Appeals. She has been trained as a child custody investigator. In 2014 she completed basic Collaborative Law training. In 2015, 2016, and in 2019 she has been recognized with honors for client service as a family law attorney in Alaska. She has litigated civil and criminal defense cases in state courts and served as court-appointed counsel in two criminal defense cases in federal court. She has been admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.. In addition to the Alaska Bar Association, she also is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar Association but is currently inactive there. Her volunteer work includes providing free legal advice at the Alaska Federation of Natives sponsored Elizabeth Peratrovich Legal Clinic at the Alaska Bar Association’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Clinic, and free legal advice for the Alaska Bar Association’s Family Law Covid-19 Hot Line. She is a member of the Alaska Bar Association’s Family Law Section and the Unbundled Law Section. Attorney Shepherd and her paralegal team can streamline client service. Ms. Shepherd has been privileged to serve clients in Kenai, Homer, Seward, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, Bethel, and Palmer as well as in Anchorage.

David Henderson is a highly respected and recognized personal injury attorney in Alaska. The Law Offices of David Henderson has a long history of success recovering compensation for injured accident victims statewide. Attorney Henderson is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, having won past verdicts worth more than $1 million, and was named to the Nation’s Top One Percent by the NADC and The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers List. You can trust him and his team to fight tirelessly for the results you need after an accident. Call today for a legal consultation.

Christopher Canterbury has been practicing law for more than 20 years. He focuses on torts and commercial litigation and is licensed to practice in Alaska and Washington. Prior to joining Kelley & Canterbury LLC in 2000, Chris clerked for U.S. District Court Judge James Singleton.. Chris received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Hamilton College in central New York and his Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law in New York City.. Chris is a member of the Valley Bar Association, Alaska Bar Association, and Alaska Association for Justice (formerly The Alaska Association of Trial Lawyers).. Chris is passionate not only about practicing law but also connecting with and improving the Alaska community. Chris is a past board member for FOCUS, Inc., which serves children with special needs in the Chugiak / Eagle River community. He has also volunteered for both the Anchorage and Mat-Su Youth Court programs. In addition, he volunteers his time on the board of the Mustang Hockey Association, coaching baseball for Knik Little League and hockey for the Mustang Hockey Association.. When not working, Chris enjoys playing hockey, working on the family’s log cabin home in Eagle River, and spending time with his wife, Michaela, and their kids.

Brooks M. Hazelton is the son of Gary M. Hazelton, founder of Hazelton Law Group. Brooks is the lead attorney in the Alaska office. He is licensed to practice law in both Alaska and Minnesota. His areas of practice focus on representing injured people and their families.. Brooks attended college at the University of Northern Colorado, majoring in psychology. Before attending law school Brooks worked as an Independent Landman for various oil and gas companies in the lower 48. Brooks graduated from Western State College of Law in Fullerton California. Prior to his admission to the Alaska and Minnesota Bars, Brooks clerked at Johnson and Combs P.C. in Anchorage. He also clerked at Hazelton Law Group in Bemidji Minnesota. Brooks is a member of the Alaska Association for Justice and actively on the Board of Governors. Brooks is also a member of the Minnesota Association for Justice.. In his free time, Brooks enjoys wood working, hunting, fishing and exploring the state of Alaska with his wife Lauren.

Brad is a skilled advocate with experience in both federal and state court.. He brings diverse experience, dedication, litigation capabilities, and legal knowledge to each case. He is licensed to practice law in both Alaska and Washington. Brad promises to provide cost-effective legal solutions to everyday people, personally serve the firm’s clients, and listen to each client’s needs to find the right solution.. Brad was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where he lived with his family until he graduated from St. Cloud State University. Brad started his professional career as an armor officer in the United States Army in 2004. During his time as an active duty armor officer, Brad deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom for twenty-four months over two tours. After serving in Iraq the second time, Brad was given the opportunity to command a tank company at Ft. Hood, Texas. Going to law school and becoming a lawyer had been a lifelong dream for Brad. After command, Brad left the active duty Army to attend law and business school at Texas Tech University.

Based in Anchorage, AK, Attorney T. Burke Wonnell is an attorney who specializes in DUI, DWI, OUI, drug crimes, weapons offenses, domestic violence, felony assault, fish & game violations, theft and white collar crime. With over 19 years of experience, Attorney Wonnell has provided legal representation for those involved in cases under criminal law. Understanding the confusion and emotional challenges that comes with being involved in certain legal accusations, Attorney Wonnell guides you through the legal process and provides client-focused counsel. Personalizing each case through one-on-one cosultations, Attorney Wonnell creates a thorough detailed analyzation of each case. Through the analyzation, he provides strategic, insightful defense, ultimately providing the best solutions to serve in your favor. With Attorney T. Burke Wonnell, you'll be confident your legal interests will be best represented in and outside the court room.

Attorney with substantive expertise spanning the major environmental laws including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act as well as Alaska state laws governing state lands, mining, water, and fish habitat. Demonstrated experience achieving client goals in unique circumstances from Alaska to Puerto Rico. Graduated from Vermont Law School in 2012.

Attorney Steve Wells is a criminal defense lawyer with 30 years of experience in practicing criminal defense. After Wells graduated from the California Western School of Law, he started a criminal defense practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Attorney Wells practiced in Tennessee for several years, and then moved his practice to Alaska, where he always wanted to serve as a criminal defense attorney. In 2004, Attorney Wells joined the Office of Public Advocacy, where he traveled throughout Alaska defending clients facing criminal charges. Some of the clients he defended were being charged for crimes such as homicide, robbery, kidnapping, sex crimes, and first-degree assault cases. Attorney Wells is passionate about criminal defense and believes that it is important to protect the rights and freedoms of every one of his clients. Among Attorney Wells’ many accomplishments, he is the founding President of the Alaska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (AACDL), he is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and he is also a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Presenter Nationwide. In May of 2006, Attorney Wells founded the Law Offices of Steve M. Wells, his Alaska firm that provides satisfactory results for the clients he defends, in both state and federal court. When you choose to work with Attorney Wells, you are choosing to receive representation and legal assistance from a lawyer with extensive experience and a successful background of past cases. If you are interested in teaming up with Attorney Wells, contact the Law Offices of Steve M. Wells at to schedule your free consultation.

Attorney Daniel Libbey, managing partner at Libbey Law Offices, focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury. In 2000, he was admitted to practice in Alaska. Attorney Libbey earned his undergraduate degree from Western Washington University before attending law school at The Ohio State University College of Law in Columbus, Ohio. He earned his J.D. with honors and as a member of the prestigious Order of the Coif. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Alaska Bar Association, the Alaska Association for Justice, and the American Association for Justice.

Assisting Alaska Families in Divorce and Family Law Since 1993. Legal disputes involving family members can be very stressful and emotional, and most people are not familiar with the intricacies of family law. With this in mind, our goal at The Law Office of Maurice N. Ellis is to relieve some of the anxiety during legal proceedings, while making sure you understand your rights, your responsibilities and your realistic options.. Attorney Maurice Ellis practices exclusively in family law, and is known for his effective advocacy in contested divorce and high-conflict custody disputes. He represents men and women in Anchorage, Wasilla, Palmer and south central Alaska, and in every outlying corner of the state. Many of Mr. Ellis's clients are military personnel or their civilian spouses, and he regularly represents out-of-state clients throughout the lower 48 states who have family law matters taking place in Alaska.

After more than a decade in the United States Army I made the decision to leave the military and pursue a new career in the law.  I completed my undergraduate work at the University of Alaska Anchorage and traveled with my wife and two small children to Macon, Georgia.  I graduated cum laude from Merrcer University's Walter F. George School of Law in 1999.. Following my graduation from Mercer, I accepted a position with a top national firm in their Atlanta office, focusing on product liability and complex commercial litigation.  Over the course of five years at this firm I represented pharmaceutical manufacturers, contruction product manufacturers, and commercial enterprises involved in high stakes litigation. I represented these clients from the initial pleadings, through the discovery process, the hearing process, the mediation process, and the trial process.  During this period I learned how to properly evaluate cases and advise clients about the strengths of their case and the risks associated with their litigation.  I learned to handle matters efficiently and to pursue the client's goals by involving the client in each important decision, working with the other attorneys in the case when possible, and ardently and aggressively opposing those attorneys when my clients' needs demanded it.. For the full five years in Atlanta I also volunteered 200-300 hours per year with the Atlanta Family Court as a Guardian Ad Litem, representing the best interests of the child in divorces and other custody disputes.. In 2004 we returned to Alaska, where we had spent significant time over the past  20 years enjoying the outdoors and the smaller community.  I soon was accepted into ownership of one of the oldest firms in the state, focusing my practice on insurance defense work for Alaskans, commercial litigation, and the expansion of my family law practice.  In this practice I have spent much more time working with individuals, rather than large institutional clients and I have found my sensitivity to my clients' needs - expressed and unexpressed - has helped me provide effective and valued service to those individuals who placed their faith in me.

After living and practicing law in Alaska for more than twenty years, I moved to California. I am working for G. John Jansen and Associates doing Worker's Compensation as a hearing representative.  I continue to maintain a small Alaska caseload and return to Alaska every 3-4 months though I am not doing as much criminal law anymore.  I am still a zealous advocate. I continue to pride myself on client satisfaction.  If I am given the honor of representing you in your legal issue, I will use all of my skills and experience to advocate for you to the very best of my abilities.  I will obtain the best outcome I possibly can, and I promise to make sure that you understand what's happening in your case every step of the way.. I have been an attorney for over 20 years.  I started in 1997 with the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals & transferred from there to the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office.  I worked there for 10 years prosecuting every conceivable kind of criminal case from a juvenile matricide/sexual assault to various misdemeanors and everything in between. I have trained young attorneys, taught at law enforcement academies, including the Anchorage Police Department’s Academy and the Trooper Academy, and taught criminalists from the state’s Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory.. In 2006, I served as Acting-Director of the Office of Victims Rights. In 2007, I was appointed to be the Anchorage District Attorney. In 2008, I began working with the Office of Public Advocacy representing indigent clients in criminal, juvenile and children’s cases.  I enjoyed representing people. In 2010 I opened my own law office, where I had the privilege of providing legal representation to Alaskans of diverse socio-economic backgrounds on a variety of legal issues.  I also continued to take cases from the Office of Public Advocacy.  Now that I have moved, I assist injured California workers get the just compensation they deserve, and I maintain a select number of Alaska cases.

After a long and diverse legal career in Washington, D.C. I have joined “Ferree Law” to defend those facing criminal charges.. I received my law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1992, graduating summa cum laude and order of the coif.  While at Georgetown, I received the Hugh J. Fegan award for the highest academic average in the class, was a Law Fellow teaching assistant, and was selected to the Georgetown Law Journal based on academic performance.  In addition to my law degree, I have an M.B.A. from San Jose State University, and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.. My path in the law has not been without unexpected turns.  I began my career by clerking for a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which led naturally upon the termination of my clerkship to a position in the appellate practice at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering of Washington, D.C.  After two years with Wilmer, I took my practice to a small firm called Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright, where I became a partner in 1998.. In 2001, my appellate career was interrupted when I was, by political appointment, named Chief of the Media Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission.  At one point, USA Today suggested that I had "one of the sharpest legal minds in Washington" (). After my political term ended, I served for six months as interim President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, overseeing the primary funding mechanism for the public radio and television broadcasting systems in the United States, and then joined the Entertainment and Media Practice Group of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner.  For most of the past three years, I served as President and CEO of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a Washington, D.C. think tank.

A lifelong Alaskan, I began my legal career as a law clerk for Justice Alexander O. Bryner of the Alaska Supreme Court.  Within a year, I returned to argue my first case before the Court.  In my early years of practice, I split my time between Anchorage and Bethel, Alaska.  Represetning rural Alaskans.  As a felony lawyer at the Alaska Public Defender Agency, I tried dozens of cases, including high-profile aquittals on murder charges.  in 2010 I was named the Alaska Public Defender Agency's 2010 Litigator of the Year.

"Trust" and "my attorney" belong in the same sentence.  For 35 years, I have worked diligently to earn the trust of my clients, in-house counsel, national firms seeking Alaska counsel, judges, and opposing counsel.  Trust that I will treat your legal needs as of paramount importance and take your cause personally whether you are a Fortune 100 corporation, a powerhouse national law firm, a local Alaska business, or an individual facing legal issues and needing professional guidance to run the gauntlet.  Trust that I will deliver the best service I am capable of, in a cost-effective manner, spending your money as I would want others to spend mine - prudently.  Trust that I know what I am doing (if not, I will tell you who in town practices in an area where I do not).. I have had the privilege to defend complex, bet-the-farm catastrophic injury and wrongful death product liability matters for automobile manufacturers, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, recreational vehicle manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, and others.  I have over three decades of broad experience in complex eminent domain and condemnation actions on behalf of landowners.  I have an active practice involving those fields as well as environmental litigation, personal injury litigation (defense), real estate transactions and litigation, and a host of others.. Beyond technical proficiency, I appreciate the need to understand what matters most to my clients, to know that you cannot get the right answer until you figure out what the question is, to have peripheral vision and your radar looking everywhere for creative solutions, and to not be afraid to hear clients, opposing counsel, or judges remark "I've never seen anyone do it that way before" (I get those comments).. I understand the importance of putting myself out of business as quickly as possible, consistent with getting good results, but also being ready, willing and able to try cases to verdict when necessary.  I love what I do and I think it shows.