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Mr. Baynard’s practice focuses on corporate formation, real estate and commercial transactions, as well as banking and commercial finance. His background allows him to represent a variety of businesses from formation through financing and throughout operation. Mr. Baynard is available to help new companies, existing companies seeking out new ventures, and those simply seeking to stay current with changing laws and regulations. He works with real estate developers, Alaska Native corporations, health care groups, manufacturers, financial institutions, and others.. Mr. Baynard has worked with banks, bank holding companies, credit unions, finance companies, insurance companies, and bonding companies. He worked as a commercial loan officer and before that worked as in-house counsel for a federal credit union. His years spent working inside financial institutions, both as a lawyer and a banker, give him an operational and business-oriented perspective that elevates the level of service he provides to corporate clients.. Mr. Baynard also volunteers his time with the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault representing victims of domestic violence in divorce and child custody cases.. Education. Admitted to Practice. Professional and Community Activities

Mitchell "Mitch" Joyner is proud to be a lifelong Alaskan. After attending Seattle University School of Law, he returned to Alaska to be admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1984. In 1988, he became a partner in Miller, Joyner and Associates, which is now the Law Office of J. Mitchell Joyner. Mitch is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, District of Alaska, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is an expert in personal injury cases, bankruptcy and criminal cases.

Michaela is a civil trial attorney that represents injured individuals throughout the state of Alaska.  She has established a reputation for obtaining verdicts in personal injury cases other attorneys have been unable or unwilling to take on.. Michaela handles all types of cases, including personal injury, wrongful death and insurance.  Michaela is a member of the Leadership Circle for the Alaska Association for Justice. Michaela was raised in Alaska, received her B.A. from Duquesne University and her J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law.  She is licensed to practice in Alaska.

Michael Moberly handles litigation cases statewide, both criminal and civil. Presently, his caseload is primarily criminal, emphasizing serious felonies (both state and federal) and federal environmental and white collar crime. Prior to private practice, he was a felony trial attorney and misdemeanor supervisor at the Anchorage office of the Alaska Public Defender Agency.. Having been raised in Alaska, he always planned on returning to Alaska. Mike worked at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe (now Stoel Rives) in their Anchorage office, and clerked at the U.S. District Court for Alaska for two years after graduation from law school. Prior to and during law school he worked for Senator Ted Stevens in Washington, D.C., the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, the National Marine Fisheries Service and Alaska Department of Fish & Game. He lives in Anchorage with his wife Rebecca Hozubin and their daughter.

Lanning M. Trueb has spent almost 30 years representing seamen in plaintiff maritime cases arising throughout the North Pacific; including waters off Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Russia. In addition to practicing maritime law, Lanning owned and operated his own commercial fishing vessel in the Alaska commercial salmon fishery. Lanning has been involved in over a thousand maritime matters covering a wide range of maritime issues - from commercial fishing injury and death claims, to serious injury and death claims involving oil spill response, tug and barge, SERVS, off-shore supply, tankers, and cargo vessels. He's represented crew and family members in maritime wrongful death and vessel sinking claims involving the vessels OCEANIC, LIN J, AMBER DAWN, ALEUTIAN VENTURE, BARGE 141, STAR RUBY, ADVANTAGE, ARCTIC ROSE, SCIROCCO, KUPREANOF, and DORTHY L. A graduate of the University of Texas, Austin, and University of Montana School of Law (High Honors), Lanning is admitted to practice in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Admiralty Section of the Alaska Bar Association.

John brings diverse experience, dedication, and legal knowledge to each case. The law firm he owns and operates is licensed to practice in Alaska. John promises to provide legal solutions to everyone, and listen to each client’s needs to find the right solution.. John grew up as a military child. He was born on a military installation in Frankfurt, Germany. He spent much of his youth in Belgium and graduated from high school in Seoul, South Korea. John went on to join the Air Force and served for 5 years. During his enlistment, John completed a tour at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After honorably separating from the Air Force, John attended the University of Alaska, Anchorage majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in American government. John completed his studies at UAA with a Master’s degree in Public Administration.. While in law school at the University of Oregon School of Law, John participated in both the criminal defense and advanced criminal defense clinics. He won his first DUI trial as a law student. He returned to Alaska each summer during law school to intern and assist Alaska public advocacy offices. After law school, John defended clients charged with criminal offenses as an assistant public defender and later as an assistant public advocate.. With a firm dedication to Alaska and Alaskans, John is who you want in your corner.. As an experienced defense lawyer with extensive court experience, John is well qualified to handle your legal case. Call us today or fill the form below to schedule a consultation.

Jeff is originally from the heart of the Rocky Mountains, where self-reliance and individual determination is a way of life, just like it is in Alaska. At a young age he served our country while on active duty in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman/surgical medic. For six years he worked in the surgical and post-surgical areas of Naval Hospitals in California, earning a Vocational Nursing license along the way. It was that interest in working with patients that led to his achieving a bachelor’s degree in Hospital Management and Health Care Administration, from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.. However, Jeff always knew he wanted to be an attorney and to help people. Graduating in the upper half of his class at the University of Wyoming, College of Law; Jeff then completed a highly competitive Masters in Law or L.L.M. in American Indian and Indigenous Persons Law from the University of Tulsa, College of Law. This was a very rich and rewarding experience that took him on a course that would not only take him permanently to Alaska but would also form his life work representing folks that often can’t get the legal help they need and deserve.. After completing his legal education Jeff spent many years representing the thirty-one federally recognized tribes and individual people throughout Bristol Bay working as General Counsel for the Bristol Bay Native Association. Later, he helped less fortunate people with their housing needs as Chief Counsel for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in Anchorage.. Seeking to gain insight into the insurance world, Jeff began defending lawsuits filed against people insured through a large national auto insurance carrier. It was this experience that polished Jeff’s trial skills and litigation talents while gaining a valuable understanding of just how insurance companies can take advantage of injured people.. And so, it was a natural fit for Jeff to join Ty Farnsworth and start Farnsworth & Vance. Jeff’s medical and insurance background give this firm and their clients the competitive and professional skill necessary to help their clients. This is important because insurance companies want nothing more than to pay you or your doctors as little as possible.

James grew up in a small town in North Carolina, where he learned to value hard work and commitment. He attended college at North Carolina State University, where he received degrees in Biochemistry and Zoology.  James originally planned to attend medical school, but discovered, toward the end of his college career, that he had an aptitude and a love for the law.. James attended law school at the University of Georgia, where he received his Juris Doctor in law. Because of his strong medical and science background, his first job in law was with a medical malpractice defense firm in Atlanta, Georgia. James soon learned that representing doctors and insurance companies was not a very good fit for someone who favored the individual over large corporations. Time and again James was on the side of the corporation that trampled over the individuals’ rights and found himself in conflict with his personal values.. Determined to use what he had learned from working with some of the best insurance defense lawyers in the country to help individuals rather than insurance companies, James opened his own law firm in his native state of North Carolina in 1994. Since then, James has represented thousands of injured people against insurance companies.. In 2010 James fulfilled a long-time goal by coming to Alaska and making it his home. He began assisting with commercial litigation cases, but it was not long before his preference for helping individuals over corporations compelled him to open another law firm to help injured people.. The Crowson Law Group opened its doors for the first time in 2011. Since then, hundreds of Alaskans have turned to James for help with their injury cases, and the Crowson Law Group has already acquired a reputation among insurance companies and their counsel as an able adversary.. Alaska has been good to James professionally, and personally James has quickly seized every opportunity to get the most out of his Alaskan experience. James enjoys skiing, snowmobiling and other outdoor sports. He also has coached high school football for many years. Currently, he coaches at East High School.

I’m a lifelong resident of Alaska. I love Alaska and I’ve enjoyed practicing law in the areas of business and commercial law, corporate law, real estate law and wills, trusts, estate planning and probate law.  I’ve worked extensively with the business community and other residents of Anchorage, and with clients throughout Alaska, since 1978.  I’ve assisted my clients with their corporations and LLCs, with their contracts, with their real estate deals and leases, and with sales and purchase of nearly every kind of business.  I estimate that in my career I have represented buyers and sellers of businesses in over $200 million worth of business sales. I’ve also assisted clients with commercial litigation involving contracts and corporations, real estate deals, titles and foreclosures, and litigation involving trusts and estates. I feel that my work in all of these areas of the law has given me a well-rounded understanding of the legal issues faced by the business community, real estate owners, and those in need of planning their wills and trusts and assistance in settling estates.

I was born in Alaska and have been practicing law here since 1976. I am an elected Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (), a select group of attorneys who are nationally recognized in the practice of estate planning, probate and trust law. I am also one of only two Alaskans elected as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel ().. I am active in drafting and promoting legislation to keep Alaska in the forefront of modern developments in estate planning and trust administration law. I was the primary drafter of Alaska’s laws governing modification of irrevocable trusts, the Alaska 529 College Savings plan and pre-mortem trust and will validation. I was also instrumental in drafting the Alaska Limited Liability Company legislation and secured the first IRS private letter ruling on conversion of a partnership into a LLC.  I was intensely involved in the revisions to Alaska Trust Company laws and formed the first Private Trust Company established in Alaska.

I take great pride in zeaoulously representing individuals who have been accused of criminal wrongdoing.  Standing up on behalf of Alaskans against the police, the prosecuting authorities, and the government is why I became a lawyer, and is the single most rewarding aspect of my career.. I was born and raised in Alaska, and am familiar with the unique challenges and opportunities our great state has to offer.. While no attorney can promise you a particular outcome, I make the same promise to all of my clients: I will zealously and aggressively represent you to the best of my ability, communicate with you and thoroughly explain your options, and work with you in pursuit of the best possible outcome to your case.

I received a Juris Doctorate from McGeorge School of Law in 1982 and was admitted to the State of Alaska Bar in 1983. I have experience practicing in the areas of Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation, Slip and Falls, Trip and Falls, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Nursing Malpractice, and Foster Care Abuse with extensive experience in Litigation, Trials, and State and Federal Appeals.. I am currently a member of the Alaska Association for Justice and have been recognized as a Trial Advocate by the American Association of Justice. Prior to receiving my law degree I was an Illustrator for Dungeons & Dragons (1st edition).

I joined Foley & Pearson, P.C. in September of 2014 and became a shareholder in 2020. My practice emphasizes estate and business planning, probate, wills, and trust administration.. While I completed my post-secondary education out of state, I was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. I attended Dimond High School, where I graduated in 2006. I went on to compete as a Division I diver at Missouri State University, where I earned my bachelor's degree in marketing. I received my J.D. from the University of Oregon, were I focused my studies on estate planning and probate law. During that time I also wrote and published an article for the American Bar Association Journal of Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law on handling digital assets after death.. In the fall of 2013 I began my clerkship for Anchorage Superior Court Judge, Patrick McKay. I became involved in a number of local organizations, including the Young Lawyers Section of the Anchorage Bar Association, where I served as Vice President in 2013, and President in 2014.. I feel it is important to be an active and involved member of my professional community. I am a the Co-Chair of the Executive Committee the Estate Planning & Probate Section of the Alaska Bar Association, a member of the Anchorage Chapter of the Estate Planning Council, the former Treasurer of the Anchorage Association of Women Lawyers, a member of the Anchorage Library Foundation Board of Trustees, and a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, WealthCounsel, and YWCA of Alaska.

I have represented clients in courts throughout the state and have extensive experience in rural Alaska. I began his legal career in private practice in Bethel, Alaska, where I represented both plaintiffs and defendants in criminal, personal injury, wrongful death and other matters.. After relocating to Anchorage, I continued on as assistant Public Defender in the Anchorage office of the Public Defender Agency and assistant Public Advocate with the Office of Public Advocacy, where I managed varied types of criminal defense, including post-conviction matters and parole. I was also responsible for representing Agency clients in the felony drug/felony DUI wellness court and conducted multiple trainings for Agency attorneys.. My current practice at Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot primarily focuses on complex litigation, personal injury and municipal law.

I have lived in Alaska most of my life.  Since I have been practicing law, I have seen  many corporations and insurance companies trying to take advantage of people without attorneys.  My office is dedicated to representing injured people by looking out for their best interests when dealing with insurance companies or in court.

I have been in private practice with my own law firm since 1976, specializing in Trial and Appellate Work as a Criminal Defense Attorney in the State of Alaska and Federal Court(s), in major criminal matters, as a Plaintiff’s Trial Lawyer on behalf of individuals in catastrophic injury and/or death cases, and federal qui tam actions.. I have also litigated and/or tried on behalf of Plaintiffs and Estates matters involving Maritime and Admiralty jurisdiction and law.. There are 2 other Trial Lawyers in my firm, Michael Cohn, and Lisa Rosano. There is also a support staff of secretaries, paralegals, and investigators.

I have been a criminal defense lawyer in Alaska since 1993.  I continue to represent clients facing charges ranging from murder to dui.  I understand that your case is of the utmost importance to you and your loved ones, and will work tirelessly to obtain the best possible outcome for you.. I have tried cases all over the state, from Fairbanks to Sand Point.  I have appeared before the Alaska Court of Appeals and the Alaska Supreme Court and am licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States of America.. I know that being charged with a crime is a trying time.  I know the feelings of indignity and helplessness that arise during such times.  You are not helpless.  I believe it is my duty to stand up for my clients' rights and to treat every client with dignity and respect.

I have been an attorney for 28 years and practiced both criminal and civil law before settling in to immigration and naturalization law practice in 2000.  I have experience in most kinds of immigration cases and problems and I will provide you my best professional efforts to make your case a success.  I have handled over 500 cases since I started my private practice in 2001.

I decided to become a lawyer while working for my father's law firm when I was in high school. I watched my father try cases, and decided that I wanted to become a trial attorney. In 1984 I spent a year abroad, studying at the Gymnasium Mussenredder in Hamburg, Germany.. I graduated from the University at Santa Barbara in 1985 with Honors in History and German Literature. I obtained my law degree in 1991 from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. In 1992, I left California, and moved to Alaska. When I arrived in Alaska, I clerked for a Superior Court Judge and then worked as a public defender for approximately 5 years. I opened my own law firm and limited my practice to the areas of criminal defense, family law, and personal injury.. On June 20, 2011, I was featured as co-counsel on 48 Hours television program, CBS murder of Bonnie Craig, a 17 year-old cold case.

I came to Alaska in 1995 fresh out of lawschool with a plan to stay for a year and never left.  In 2007, my wife, Jeannie, and I started our own firm, focusing our practice on divorce and family law. One of the lessons I have learned over the years is the importantance of having a client focused legal strategy.  That is why I take the time to listen.

I bring my diverse experience in the public and private sectors to my active trial practice. Elected to the Anchorage Assembly in 2007, I served the Municipality of Anchorage as its first acting Mayor from January to June 2009. I work with the Firm's Commercial Litigation Practice Group and regularly provide legal advise to individuals and small businesses. I also work as an arbitrator and a mediator.

I am a lifelong Alaskan, married for to the same woman for 44 years, have 2 adult children and two grandchildren. I grew up in Southeast Alaska where I worked as a fisherman and logger before becoming a lawyer. These experiences help me understand the very real problems my clients face regularly.. Over the last 44 years, I have represented clients before all the courts in Alaska; State District Courts,  Superior Courts and the Alaska Supreme Court, as well the United State District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  I also practice before the Alaska Worker'sCompensation Board. In addition, I am admitted to practice before the United State Supreme Court and the United States Claims Court, both of which are located in Washington, DC.

I am a lifelong Alaskan and try to hike the Chugach Range as time allows.

I am a lawyer located in Anchorage, Alaska.  I pride myself on providing my clients with exceptional legal services.  I am with the law firm of Birch Horton, which is a truley Alaskan law firm that has been serving the needs of Alaskans for almost 50 years.

Gregory is a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, based in its Anchorage, Alaska office.  He practices general and complex commercial litigation with an emphasis in appellate litigation, labor and employment law, business torts, and trade secrets/restrictive covenants. Gregory works with clients to avoid costly litigation whenever possible and helps them find creative solutions to business problems. He has a broad range of experience in jury trials and appeals when litigation is necessary. Gregory has represented clients in state and federal court, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration proceedings. He has published several articles in national law reviews and journals, is a frequent speaker at seminars.