Lawyers and Law Firms in Alaska

91 attorneys and law firms in Alaska are listed in this directory, concentrated in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka and Kenai. The most common practice areas are criminal defence, personal injury, family law and divorce.

How the courts are organised

Alaska has a unified court system divided into four judicial districts, with superior courts as the trial courts of general jurisdiction and district courts handling smaller matters. Appeals go to the Court of Appeals for criminal cases and the Alaska Supreme Court otherwise. Federal cases fall to the District of Alaska.

Points that shape Alaska cases

— Attorneys are licensed through the Alaska Bar Association; status and discipline are public.
— Alaska applies pure comparative fault, so a claimant's share of blame reduces the award rather than barring it.
— The state is unusual in allowing spouses to opt into a community property system by agreement, rather than imposing one.
— Distance matters here in a way it does not elsewhere: many communities are off the road system, and courts make routine use of telephonic appearances.

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