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160 active legal licenses in Fairbanks as of May
Published 07/05/26
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.
As of July 2026, average lawyer salaries in Alaska ranged from $108,304 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work to $274,458 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 $203,115 in Alaska, compared to $187,635 nationwide.
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.
Lawyers in Fairbanks With Active Legal Licenses in May
| 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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