Areas of Practice
Commercial transactions, real estate, intellectual property and Internet law, commercial and general civil litigation

Member of the firm’s Finance and Commercial Law, Internet and eCommerce, Intellectual Property, Credit Recovery and Bankruptcy, and Litigation Departments

Representative Experience

Commercial and General Corporate

Negotiating and documenting numerous commercial sales contracts, subcontracts, and supply agreements, including government supply contracts, for international supplier of industrial shelters

Developing form fuel sales agreement, fuel requirements agreement, prepaid fuel card agreement, and fuel card account purchase agreement for major Alaska fuel supplier

Representing international lenders in negotiating and documenting agreements with seafood supplier for liquidation of inventory and equipment securing multi-million dollar loans

Representing international fish broker in negotiating and documenting workout with fish plant owner

Representing major bulk fuel supplier in negotiating and documenting agreements for asset-only acquisitions of various fuel businesses

Negotiating and documenting consulting agreements for businesses and native corporations

Negotiating and documenting commercial marketing agreements for product distribution

Preparing administrative services agreement between domestic supplier of industrial shelters and its foreign affiliate

Preparing numerous confidentiality and non competition agreements for commercial businesses

Preparing development and construction services agreements for native corporations

Assisting with documentation and negotiation of medical provider’s exclusive contract with hospital

Providing general corporate advice and assistance to major businesses, native corporations, and medical providers

Real Estate

Representing international supplier of portable buildings in negotiating and documenting major warehouse and office lease and sublease

Representing native consortium in negotiating major office building development agreement

Representing native corporation in negotiating agreed termination of disputed land sale agreement

Representing native corporation in negotiating and documenting building sale and conveyance of real property

Advising and assisting native consortium in connection with various real estate agreements, including office building leases and receiving yard agreement

Documenting ground lease, right of first refusal, and associated guaranty in connection with proposed water bottling plant

General real estate and leasing advice for major Anchorage real estate management company

Representing various owners of commercial office space in connection with lease negotiation and documentation

Representing major bulk fuel supplier in negotiating and documenting business purchase agreements involving real estate acquisitions

Intellectual Property and Internet Law

Preparing trademark licensing agreements between trademark holder and foreign affiliates and third-party marketers

Preparing software licensing and distribution agreements, legal review of web sites for potential content liability issues and advising on establishing and protecting trademarks and copyrights

Advising municipality in breach of warranty dispute arising out of multimillion dollar software acquisition

Advising major hospital facility in negotiations for purchase of $4 million patient management, billing and accounting hardware and software system

Advising native consortium on software licensing issues in creation and distribution of federal telemedicine project

Reviewing national real estate broker’s web site for potential content liability issues

Successfully preventing website operator from posting client’s trademarks and copyrighted materials

Copyright and trademark advice and preparation of licensing agreements for author of accounting software

Preparing marketing and distribution agreements for author of medical software

Trademark advice and registration for international seller of industrial shelters

Contract and pre-litigation advice to patent holder concerning manufacturing license

Commercial and General Civil Litigation

Representing businesses and financial institutions in complex commercial disputes, in real estate and maritime foreclosure actions, as creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and in defense of wrongful discharge and discrimination suits

Representing national lender in successful foreclosure action to recover on multi-million dollar loan secured by six vessels and real property, involving numerous competing maritime liens

Representing state banking institution in successfully negotiating bankruptcy plan provisions calling for repayment of multimillion dollar loan secured by real property and receivables

Representing native corporation in prosecution of action for failure to remediate lands following expiration of gravel extraction contract

Successfully negotiating and documenting settlement of dispute concerning multi-million lodge and associated assets

Representing national reinsurer in defense of complex $28 million reinsurance claim, negotiating favorable settlement

Representing association of unrecorded working interest owners in bankruptcy of independent oil developer, including successfully negotiating bankruptcy plan provisions that recognized and provided favorable treatment for claim in excess of $44 million

Successfully defending regional native corporation against claim to corporation lands valued at $7 million

Representing national tour group operator in successful action to resolve major bookings dispute

Representing international pulp and paper manufacturer in defense of major multi-party action for alleged breach of contract, negotiating favorable settlement

Successfully defending defamation action against commercial radio station

Successfully defending major seafood processor against breach of contract claim by fish supplier

Successfully defending major corporations and national lenders in wrongful discharge and discrimination actions by former officials and employees

Publications and Presentations
Alaska Hotel-Motel Law Deskbook

Frequently lectures on commercial law and intellectual property issues

Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association

Alaska Bar Association; Chairman, Intellectual Property and E-Commerce Section, 2005

Anchorage Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association

Named as one of "America's Leading Business Lawyers" by Chambers USA, 2003-2006

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law by Woodward/White

Education
J.D., University of California at Berkeley School of Law, 1983

• Order of the Coif
  
• Chief Justice Boney Memorial Scholarship