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| | Address | | 3900 C Street, Suite 1001 | | Anchorage, Alaska 99503 | | (Third Judicial District) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 907-274-7522 | | Fax: 907-263-8320 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.hpglaw.net |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Hughes Pfiffner Gorski
Seedorf & Odsen, LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative, Admiralty, Adoption, Appellate, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business, Commercial, Condemnation, Construction, Consumer, Contracts, Corporate, Eminent Domain, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning, Finance, Insurance Defense, Hazardous Waste, Labor Relations, Litigation, Marital and Family, Mining, Municipal Law, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Personal Injury (Non-Auto), Public Utilities, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Tax, Trial, Warranty, Wills and Trusts. | | Year Established: 1939 | Firm Profile:
Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC "The Alaskan Law Firm" has achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell, full service firm of experienced, competent, loyal, creative and efficient attorneys dedicated to serving the best interests of their clients and providing sound legal counsel with personal and professional integrity, as they have done throughout Alaska since 1939. Hughes Pfiffner is a preeminent "go to" law firm for many US Fortune 500 and international companies having business and litigation needs in Alaska, as well as for those individuals and businesses which proudly call Alaska home. Hughes Pfiffner is recognized throughout the "Lower 48" states as being an adept team player for those major non-Alaska law firms having clients requiring service in Alaska in transactional and litigation matters. With nearly 300 years combined experience and a history of involvement in many of the major legal and business developments in Alaska's history, Hughes Pfiffner is nevertheless a forward thinking firm which seeks, first and foremost, to understand its client's objectives and meet them effectively and efficiently. | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
Anchorage Community Land Trust; American Fast Freight; Archdiocese of Anchorage; Catholic Social Services; City of Houston; Denali Borough; Diverite; Elaine Baker & Associates; First American Title Insurance Co.; Fleetwood Enterprises; Ford Motor Co.; Ford Motor Credit Co.; GEICO; Great Alaskan Holidays; Grocers Insurance; Jaguar Land Rover; La Mex; MBA Consulting Engineers; McKinley Fence Company of Alaska; Municipality of Anchorage; Primerica Financial Services; Primerica Insurance Co.; Sears Holdings Corp.; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.; Stoddard's Aircraft Center; Tesoro Alaska Co.; Tesoro Northstore Co.; The Alaska Club; Tongass Federal Credit Union; Walsh Sheppard; Worthington Ford of Alaska. | | Frank A. Pfiffner (Member) born Waukon, Iowa, July 21, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Iowa; 1975, Alaska. Education: Loras College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970); University of Iowa (M.A., 1974; J.D., 1974). Member, Hughes Pfiiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1974. Arbitrator in Commercial, Construction, and Insurance Disputes. Listed Best Lawyers in America in areas of Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law, and Personal Injury Litigation, 2008 edition. Member: Iowa State, Alaska (Member, Fee Arbitration Committee), American, and Federal Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Forum on the Construction Industry; Litigation; Public Contract Law; Tort and Insurance Practice; Law Practice Management); American Law Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Arbitration Association; National Arbitration Forum; Defense Counsel of Alaska. Reported Cases: Martinez v. Cape Fox Corporation, 113 P.3d 1226 (Alaska 2005); Shields v. Cape Fox Corporation, 42 P.3d 1083 (Alaska 2002); Robinson v. Alaska Properties and Investment, Inc., 878 F. Supp. 318 (D. Alaska 1995); Armour v. Alaska Power Authority, 765 P.2d 1372, 8 UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 50 (Alaska 1988); U.S. for use of Witt v. JP, Inc., 655 F. Supp. 480 (D. Alaska 1987); Ehredt v. DeHaviland Aircraft Company of Canada, Ltd., 705 P.2d 446 (Alaska 1985); Ehredt v. DeHaviland Aircraft Company of Canada, Ltd., 705 P.2d 913 (Alaska 1985); Atkins v. DeHaviland Aircraft Company of Canada, Ltd., 699 P.2d 352 (Alaska 1985); and Providence Washington v. DeHaviland Aircraft Company of Canada, Ltd., 699 P. 2d 355 (Alaska 1985). Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Law; Arbitration Law. Email: Frank A. Pfiffner | | James M. Gorski (Member) born Coupeville, Washington, November 8, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Alaska and U.S. District Court, District of Alaska; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1974); Willamette University (J.D., 1977). Associate Editor, Willamette Law Journal, 1976-1977. Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1977. Member, National Diocesan Attorneys Association, Executive Committee. Member: Anchorage, Alaska and American Bar Associations (Sections: Corporation, Banking and Business Law, and Municipal Law). Practice Areas: Litigation; Secured Transactions; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law. Email: James M. Gorski | | James M. Seedorf (Member) born Spokane, Washington, May 16, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Alaska; 2003, Washington. Education: Eastern Washington State College (B.A., 1970; M.S., 1972); University of Washington (J.D., 1977). Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1977. Member: Alaska and Washington State Bar Associations. Transactions: Pipeline Coating Case worth $170,000,000; Oil and Gas Production and Property Tax; Administrative Proceedings exceeding $100,000,000 in value; TAPS Pipeline Owners' and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company's Property Tax Issues in the state of Alaska; Marathon Oil Company, Unocal, Chevron, Shell Oil Company and others in defense of State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Department of Natural Resources claims for additional production tax and royalty matters. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Natural Resource Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: James M. Seedorf | | Timothy R. Byrnes (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, June 6, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Alaska. Education: University of Rochester (A.B., 1972); University of Oregon (J.D., 1977). Associate Editor, Oregon Law Review, 1975-77. Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1977. Member: Alaska and American Bar Associations (Sections: Business Law and Real Property, Trust and Estate Law). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Business Planning; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Timothy R. Byrnes | | Frederick J. Odsen (Member) born Seattle, Washington, December 28, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Washington; 1979, Alaska. Education: University of Washington (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975; J.D., 1978). Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1978. Listed: Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers For Business in the area of Corporate/M&A, 2007 edition; The Best Lawyers in America, areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and Real Estate Law, 2007 edition. Selected, Alaska Super Lawyer, area of Business and Corporate Law, Washington Law and Politics. Member: Washington State, Alaska and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Real Property; Corporate Law. Email: Frederick J. Odsen | | Steven S. Tervooren (Member) born Cottage Grove, Oregon, June 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Alaska. Education: Oregon State University (B.S., with highest honors, Economics, 1976); University of Oregon (J.D., 1979). Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1979. Chairman. Listed, The Best Lawyers in America for Product Liability and Condemnation and Eminent Domain, 2008. Member: Alaska and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (Alaska State Chairperson); Defense Counsel of Alaska; Defense Research Institute (Commercial Committee State Liaison). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Torts; Commercial; Real Estate; Environmental; Warranty and Lemon Law; Condemnation; Construction. Email: Steven S. Tervooren | | David S. Carter (Member) born San Mateo, California, April 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, Alaska; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC. Member: Alaska Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Appeals. Email: David S. Carter | | Paul S. Wilcox (Member) born Berkeley, California, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1976, Alaska. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1970); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1975). Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1988. Member, Management Committee. Arbitrator. Member: Alaska Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Paul S. Wilcox | | Kimberlee A. Colbo (Member) born Billings, Montana, July 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Alaska. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., cum laude, 1988); University of Washington (J.D., 1992). Member, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, since 1992. Named, The Best Lawyers in America in Insurance Law. Member: Anchorage, Alaska and American Bar Associations (Sections on: Employment Law, Fee Arbitration Committee, General Litigation and Tort); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; Defense Counsel of Alaska; Anchorage Russian Jack Rotary. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Employment Law. Email: Kimberlee A. Colbo | | Jimmy E. White (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia; 2005, Alaska. Education: University of Alaska (B.S., cum laude, 1995); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Associate, 2004 and Member, 2006, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC. Member: Alaska (Litigation Section) and American (Litigation, Business Law, Trial and Insurance Practice Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Product Liability Section); Defense Research Institute. [U.S. Army, 1980-1993, Sergeant; Alaska National Guard, 1993-1996, Staff Sergeant; Georgia National Guard, 1996-1997, Staff Sergeant]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Business Litigation. Email: Jimmy E. White |
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