Admitted
1975, Alaska; 1976, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1971
Memberships
Juneau, Alaska and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Jay A. Rabinowitz, Alaska Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Assistant Attorney General, State of Alaska, 1975-1991. Author: Oil Spills in Alaska: A Study of the State of Alaska's Implementation of Oil Spill Laws and Programs, 1991; The Legal Relationship between Oil Spill Response Action Contractors and Other Parties to an Oil Spill, 1991; Oil Spills: An Initial Response Manual for Attorneys General, National Association of Attorneys General, 1990. Co-Author: Legal Contingency Planning for Oil Spills, proceedings of the 1985 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, 1985; The Alaska Historic Preservation Act and Submerged Cultural Resources, 1983.