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Obtained injunctive relief against Federal and State officials, prohibiting signing of First Exxon Valdez Settlement on behalf of three village corporations

Involved as part of the team of lawyers in punitive damages case against Exxon Shipping and Exxon Corporation.

Represented three village corporations against Exxon Corporation and Exxon Shipping through trial; verdict in excess of $6 million dollars, including damages to land and archaeological sites.

Recovered final determinations in excess of $18 million on behalf of three village corporations in Prince William Sound damaged by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, including highest single determination ever made by the Fund. Awards subsequently increased: In Re Appeals from Trans Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, Case T-92-1000 (HRH), Orders 17, 19, and 20.

Successfully represented Native family in allotment fight against the National Park Service.

Successfully represented Native Village against State assertion that Native villages lack jurisdiction to enforce Tribal law in Alaska.

Kalmakoff v. State, 715 P.2d 26 (Alaska App. 1987).
Cheely v. State, 861 P.2d 1168 (Alaska 1993).
Kenai Peninsula Borough v. Port Graham Corporation, 871 P.2d 1135 (Alaska 1994).
Kotzebue Lions Club v. City of Kotzebue, 955 P.2d 921 (Alaska 1998).
Leisnoi, Inc. v. Stratman, 956 P.2d 452 (Alaska 1998).
Briggs v. Newton, 984 P.2d 1113 (Alaska 1999).
Lane v. City of Kotzebue, 982 P.2d 1270 (Alaska 1999).
Bay View Inc. v. Ahtna Corp., 105 F.3d 1281 (Cir. 1997).
Chenega Corp. et al. v. Exxon Corp., 991 P.2d 994 (Alaska, Nov. 22, 1999).
Bay View, Inc. v. United States, 278 F.3d 1259 (C.A.Fed. 2001) reh'g and reh'g en banc denied, 285 F.3d 1035 (Fed. Cir. 2002), cert. den. 537 US 826 (U.S. Oct. 07, 2002).
Harris v. Ahtna, Inc., 193 P.3d 300 (Alaska, 2008).
Neal M. v. State, DHSS, OCS, 214 P.3d. 284 (Alaska, 2009).
Jachetta v. United States, 653 F.2d 898 (Cir. 2011).
State, Dept. of Natural Resources v. Nondalton Tribal Council, 268 P.3d 393 (Alaska, 2012) (amicus curiae).
Hawkins v. Attatayuk, 322 P.3d 891 (Alaska 2014)
Asa'Carsarmiut Tribal Council v. Wheeler, 337 P.3d 1182 (Alaska 2014)

Becharof Corp, 147 IBLA 117 (1999).
Shirley Nielsen, 158 IBLA 26 (2003).
Joan (Anagick) Johnson, 159 IBLA 121 (2003).
Larry M. Evanoff, 162 IBLA 62 (2004).