I take a personal interest in learning about our client's unique needs as well as the industries in which they operate. When the need for litigation arises, I will work with clients to help develop a strategy that fits their goals.I work with diverse clients throughout Alaska to resolve ?contracting, real estate, environmental, maritime, tort, ?and employment disputes. I have assisted project owners, ?prime contractors, and subcontractors in litigation over ?multi-million dollar construction contracts; Alaska Native ?Corporations and private individuals seeking to protect ?their property rights; companies facing potential liability ?for oil spills and the release of other pollutants; vessel ?owners facing maritime claims; and employers seeking to ?protect their trade secrets or facing wrongful termination ?claims. I also regularly defend local governments and ?school districts against personal injury claims. ?After graduating law school, I clerked for Chief Justice ?Lorie Gildea of the Minnesota Supreme Court. During law ?school, I interned for two summers for Judge David Stras of ?the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. I also ?worked as a summer associate at a national law firm in ?Minneapolis focusing on complex litigation, products ?liability defense, and mass torts. ?

Bar Admissions

• Oregon State Courts
• Washington State Courts

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif (2021)
• Saint Olaf College, Bachelor of Arts Degree, Economics & Studio Art (2013)

Significant Accomplishments

• Prepared memoranda on a wide variety of legal issues for judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and justices on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
• Drafted judicial opinions published by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Minnesota Supreme Court.
• Presided over pre-hearing conferences, ruled on procedural and discovery disputes, and explored settlement options with adverse parties as a workers' compensation officer with the State of Alaska.
• Researched consumer protection class action litigation defenses, trends in nutraceutical litigation and regulation, and preemption defenses in 510(k) medical device litigation for a nationwide products liability defense firm.

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