License

• Alaska Bar Association 1973 to present.

• US District Court, US Tax Court, & 9th Circuit Federal Court member.

• United States Supreme Court member since 1978.

• Kenai Bar Association member since 2007.

 

Experience

• Attorney/partner/managing member of Hughes Thorsness law firm in Anchorage, primarily civil litigation in natural resource arena 1973-2007

• Kenai Superior Court Judge, 2007 - 2017

• Of Counsel with Gilman & Pevehouse primarily civil litigation, 2019 - present

 

Education

• B.A. 1970 University of Oregon

• J.D. 1973 University of Oregon Law School 

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Attorney Accolades

• AV rated by Martindale Hubbard.

• Attended Petroleum Tankship Operations course by World Trade Institute.

• Speaker/author at Joint Rocky Mountain Mineral Law & Eastern Mineral Law Institute in New Orleans in 1989;  Author of paper on Toxic Torts for NBI.

• Co-counsel on patent infringement case in federal court in Texas.

• Antitrust law defense work; copyright infringement enforcement; products liability defense; environmental law defense.
   

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