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Fairbanks sees no change in number of active licenses to practice law in April compared to previous month
Published 06/10/26
There were 160 active legal licenses in Fairbanks in April.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.
Alaska has no law schools, yet it maintains a higher-than-average ratio of lawyers compared to the relatively low overall population. In Alaska, according to the Bar Association Directory, there are now 2,486 attorneys actively practicing law and a total of approximately 4,160 lawyers licensed to practice in the state.
The United States has more than 1.3 million active lawyers, with employment projected to grow 4% between 2024 and 2034, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
As of June 2026, average lawyer salaries in Alaska ranged from $108,311 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work to $274,394 for highly experienced attorneys managing complex cases with significant autonomy. Mid-level attorneys, such as those in Attorney III roles—who handle highly complex legal work with moderate supervision—earned on average $203,085 in Alaska, compared to $187,607 nationwide.
Lawyers in Fairbanks With Active Legal Licenses in April
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | License Grant Date |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Schutt | Doyon Limited | 01/11/2000 |
| Aaron Schlenkert | District Attorney's Office, Fairbanks | -- |
| Aisha Tinker Bray | Department of Law, Fairbanks Civil Office | 01/05/1995 |
| Alex-Ciana Kate Howie | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 21/02/2025 |
| Alexis E Howell | Alexis Howell, Attorney at Law, LLC | 04/05/2023 |
| Alexis Voudrie | Jason Weiner & Associates, P.C. | -- |
| Alison Adair Carter | Law Office of Alison A Carter, LLC | 02/06/2016 |
| Allen M. Todd | Doyon Limited | 01/11/1998 |
| Allison Rae Baldock | -- | 31/05/2013 |
| Amy Jo Schrum | Golden Heart Law, LLC | 17/05/2008 |
| Amy A. Bennett | -- | 06/11/2006 |
| Amy Kate Welch | Alaska Court System | 11/09/2014 |
| Andrew P. Baldock | Fairbanks District Attorney's Office | 27/06/2008 |
| Benjamin Bonner | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | -- |
| Benjamin A. Seekins | -- | 01/11/2002 |
| Bethany S. Harbison | Court of Appeals | 01/12/1993 |
| Bobbie Allen | Zimmerman & Wallace | 06/04/2023 |
| Brent E. Bennett | Alaska Court System | 06/11/2006 |
| Brett Zicari | Alaska Court System | 18/11/2025 |
| Bryce Collings | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | -- |
| Caitlyn Alyce Pierson | -- | 08/11/2022 |
| Cassandra J. Tilly | Doyon Utilities, LLC | 01/11/1999 |
| Cedar Esin Polta | -- | 24/06/2016 |
| Chad Hutchison | -- | 30/05/2007 |
| Charles E. Cole | Law Office Of Charles Cole | 01/03/1955 |
| Chief Justice Susan M. Carney | Alaska Supreme Court | 01/06/1988 |
| Christopher John Bodle | Jason Weiner and Associates, PC | 24/06/2014 |
| Christopher Glenn Lough | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 10/06/2025 |
| Constance Cates Ringstad | Clapp Peterson Tiemessen Thorsness & Johnson LLC | 01/06/1984 |
| Cory R. Borgeson | -- | 01/05/1984 |
| Craig B. Partyka | CSG, Inc. | 01/11/1999 |
| Dana J. Merriman | Merriman Law, PC | 05/11/2001 |
| Danielle S. Foster | University of Alaska, Fairbanks | 01/11/2003 |
| David V. Burglin | Burglin & Doxey PC | 01/06/1989 |
| Dennis A. Wheeler | -- | 01/11/1993 |
| Derek R. Averett | Averett & Holmes Attorneys at Law LLC | 22/05/2009 |
| Dustin Arthur William Howie | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 21/02/2025 |
| Earl Adrian Peterson | Alaska Court System | 08/06/2011 |
| Ehren Dietrich Lohse | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 17/11/2014 |
| Elizabeth F. Crail | Fairbanks District Attorney's Office | 01/11/2002 |
| Emily A Kingsley | Attorney General's Office | 15/03/2024 |
| Eric David Yff | Alaska Public Defender Agency | 16/06/2016 |
| Eric Ringstad | Ringstad Law Office, P.C. | 05/11/2021 |
| Erin Bartenstein | Alaska Public Defender Agency | 17/12/2021 |
| Fausto Rojas | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | -- |
| Fleur L. Roberts | Law Offices Of Fleur L Roberts | 01/12/1982 |
| Francis Sunderland | Alaska Public Defender Agency | 05/11/2024 |
| Frank Eleazar Spaulding | Spaulding Law PC | 01/06/2000 |
| Gail M. Ballou | Law Office Of Gail M. Ballou | 01/11/1982 |
| Galen Gerald Cook | Law Office of Galen G. Cook | 15/10/2019 |
| Gerard Michael Kenna | University of Alaska General Counsel | 11/05/2017 |
| Geri Simon | Tanana Chiefs Conference | 01/06/1998 |
| Glen Thomas Parks | District Attorney's Office, Fairbanks | -- |
| Hannah Sailor Marx | Alaska Public Defender Agency | 14/12/2022 |
| Hannah Marie Grage | Alaska Court System | 12/11/2024 |
| Heather Marie Brown | Franich Law Office LLC | 21/05/2014 |
| Heidi M. Holmes | Averett & Holmes Attorney at Law LLC | 19/11/2009 |
| Ileane Polis | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 20/05/2021 |
| Isa Ali Domin | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | -- |
| Isabella Lund | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | -- |
| J. Benjamin Jaffa | Jaffa Construction, Inc. | 21/05/2009 |
| J. John Franich | Franich Law Office LLC | 01/11/1980 |
| Jasmine Nicole Johnson | Office of Public Advocacy | 13/12/2017 |
| Jason F. Doxey | Burglin & Doxey PC | 12/05/2009 |
| Jason Ringstad | Ringstad Law Office, P.C. | 19/11/2020 |
| Jason A. Weiner | -- | 01/06/1999 |
| Jason P. Beatty | Beatty's Law, LLC | 01/11/2007 |
| Jay Michael Fulk | -- | 28/10/2019 |
| Jeffrey D May | The Law Offices Of Jeff May, LLC | 14/11/2008 |
| Jeffrey Allen Roe | Fairbanks District Attorney Office, Criminal Division | 19/05/2020 |
| Jennifer Hite | Office Of Public Advocacy | 01/08/2002 |
| Jill S. Dolan | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 01/05/2004 |
| Jina Yee | -- | 19/05/2023 |
| Joe Charles Martin | Clapp, Peterson, Tiemessen, Thorness & Johnson, LLC | 07/02/2024 |
| John J. Tiemessen | Clapp Peterson Tiemessen Thorsness & Johnson LLC | 01/11/1991 |
| John F. Wallace | Zimmerman & Wallace | 01/11/1992 |
| John C. Brainerd | Centerpoint Mediation & Legal Services, LLC | 27/06/2008 |
| John Esposito | -- | 27/08/2024 |
| Joseph B. Dallaire | Fairbanks District Attorney's Office | 30/05/2007 |
| Joseph W. Miller | Law Offices of Joseph Miller, LLC | 01/11/1995 |
| Joseph L. Paskvan | -- | 01/11/1981 |
| Joseph Roland Brambil | Fairbanks DAO | 16/11/2021 |
| Justin D. Nelson | Office Of The Attorney General | 02/03/2011 |
| Justin Racette | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 06/11/2006 |
| Kalina Grabinska-Marusek | Northern Law Group | 05/12/2011 |
| Katherine Gonsalves | District Attorney's Office, Fairbanks | -- |
| Kaylee Stickel | Office of the City Attorney | 16/12/2024 |
| Kenneth P. Ringstad | -- | 01/11/1980 |
| Kenneth L. Covell | Jason Weiner & Associates | 01/11/1986 |
| Kirk F. Schwalm | Alaska Court System | 12/11/2010 |
| Kirsten Hayley Thompson | University of Alaska | -- |
| Kristin J. Farleigh | -- | 24/06/2010 |
| Kristina Marie Miller | Golden Heart Law, LLC | 20/05/2016 |
| Lauren Grace Wood | District Attorney's Office, Fairbanks | -- |
| Lauren Custer | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | -- |
| Loren Andrea Friedel | Department of Law | 22/09/2025 |
| Mamie S. Brown | Law Office of Mamie S. Brown | 29/10/2012 |
| Margaret O'Toole Rogers | Rogers Law Group, LLC | 01/11/2003 |
| Maria Julia Fernandez | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 25/06/2025 |
| Mary Bailey Kennedy | -- | 04/01/2023 |
| Mary K. Bullis | Tanana Chiefs Conference | 26/11/2013 |
| Mary Robinson | Department of Law | 18/02/2026 |
| Mary Ann Lundquist | Attorney General's Office | 01/12/1990 |
| Matthew A. Tallerico | -- | 13/11/2009 |
| Megan Comolli | Office Of Public Advocacy | 07/11/2013 |
| Megan E. Edlund | Clapp Peterson Tiemessen Thorsness & Johnson LLC | 14/05/2014 |
| Meredith L Morse | Satterberg Law Office | 22/08/2025 |
| Michael J. Cavaliere | -- | 01/11/2003 |
| Michael C. Kramer | Kramer and Cosgrove | 01/05/1996 |
| Michael J. Walleri | -- | 01/06/1979 |
| Michael P. Hostina | Law Office of Michael Hostina | 01/06/1985 |
| Michael Mike A. Stepovich | Stepovich Law Office | 01/06/1984 |
| Michelle L. McComb | Attorney General's Office | 01/11/1991 |
| Michelle Marie Demmert | -- | 17/10/2023 |
| Mila A. Neubert | Neubert Law Office, LLC | 01/11/2000 |
| Nelson Traverso | Law Office Of Nelson Traverso | 01/10/1983 |
| Nicholas Adam Defreitas | -- | 22/05/2019 |
| Nicolas Carl Ambrose | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 12/11/2015 |
| Nikole Schick | -- | 06/11/2006 |
| Olivia M Wells | -- | 19/06/2020 |
| Olivia Karns | Tanana Chiefs | 16/05/2025 |
| Orion Hutchin | Doyon Utilities, LLC | -- |
| Parker Felterman | District Attorney's Office, Fairbanks | -- |
| Patricia L. Haines | -- | 16/07/2012 |
| Patrick Roach | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | 20/05/2022 |
| Rachael Delehanty | Alaska Legal Services Corporation | -- |
| Rachel Plumlee | -- | 01/09/2002 |
| Richard Anthony Garcia | Alaska Native Women's Resource Center | 24/05/2022 |
| Riley C Leonard | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 10/02/2025 |
| Risa C. Leonard | -- | 16/11/2010 |
| Rita T. Allee | Law Office Of Rita T Allee PC | 01/05/1975 |
| Robert John | Law Office Of Robert John | 01/11/1989 |
| Robert A. Sparks | The Law Office Of Robert A Sparks | 01/11/1986 |
| Robert M. Beconovich | Franich Law Office LLC | 01/11/1981 |
| Robin S. Brown | Tanana Chiefs Conference | 01/11/2007 |
| Roseann E. Simko Wall | The Wall Firm, LLC | 24/05/2012 |
| Sadie Edmundson | Office of Public Advocacy | 04/11/2022 |
| Sandra Kay Rolfe | CSG Inc. | 28/05/2013 |
| Semaite "Sam" Abiy | Public Defender Agency, Fairbanks | -- |
| Shaun P Lucas | Fairbanks District Attorney's Office | 05/03/2021 |
| Shelley D. Ebenal | Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation | 01/11/1994 |
| Sr. Justice (Ret.) Daniel E. Winfree | Alaska Supreme Court | 01/06/1982 |
| Stefan Thomas Hoffer | Golden Heart Law, LLC | 06/11/2008 |
| Steven Edward Miller | Alaska Public Defender Agency | 30/11/2020 |
| Steven S. Hansen | University of Alaska | 13/11/2009 |
| Susan L. Evans | Law Office of Susan L. Evans, LLC | 01/11/1994 |
| Susan Elizabeth Bennett | Alaska Public Defender Agency | 11/10/2024 |
| Terri-Lynn Coleman | Law Office Of Rita T Allee PC | 01/06/1980 |
| Teryn Bird | Interior Alaska Center for Nonviolent Living | 16/07/2013 |
| Thomas A. Chapman | Office of Publilc Advocacy | 07/11/2013 |
| Thomas Allen Chard | Office of the City Attorney | 09/09/2022 |
| Thomas R. Wickwire | Thomas Wickwire, Lawyer | 01/11/1971 |
| Timothy James Lai FitzGibbon | -- | 22/05/2019 |
| Tyler Broker | -- | 01/08/2017 |
| Tylor Kaylee Schmitt | District Attorney's Office, Fairbanks | 19/11/2020 |
| Valerie Tansey | Office Of Public Advocacy | 17/11/2021 |
| Waverli Erin Taylor | District Attorney's Office, Fairbanks | 28/11/2025 |
| Wayne Leonard Mowery | University Of Alaska | 17/11/2021 |
| William R. Satterberg | Satterberg Law Office | 01/10/1976 |
| Zane D. Wilson | CSG, Inc. | 01/11/1991 |
Information in this story was obtained from the Alaska Bar Association. The source data can be found here.
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