Biographical
Selected, One of America's Best Lawyers, 1995—. President, 1975-1976 and Chair, Pipeline Impact Committee, 1971-1972, Alaska State Senate. Member, Alaska House of Representatives, 1969-1970. Charter Member, 1968-1978 and Chair, 1971-1978, Board of Governors, Alaska Legal Services Corporation. Member, Governor's Commission on Workers' Compensation Reform, 1988. Chair, 2002, Treasurer, 1997-2000, Chair, Audit Committee, 1998-2000 and Member, Academic and Student Affairs Committee, 1998-2001, University of Alaska Board of Regents. Author: Something More Important Than Money-Vocational Rehabilitation in Workers' Compensation Cases, Alaska Law Review, Volume III, No. 1, June 1986. Seminars: What You Should Know About Alaska Workers' Compensation, Anchorage, Alaska, 1979; Proposed Changes in Workers' Compensation, Alaska Bar Association Seminar, Anchorage, Alaska, 1980; Handling a State Workers' Compensation Case for an Injured Worker, Pacific Marine Seminar, Anchorage, Alaska, 1981; The Overlap Between State and Federal Compensation Laws, Fisherman, Longshoremen, Seamen and Other Workers, Pacific Marine Seminar, Anchorage, Alaska, 1981; Summarizing Alaska Workers' Compensation Law, Alaska Health Project Seminar, Anchorage, Alaska, 1982; Some Important Facts About Workers' Compensation in Alaska, Alaska Health Project Seminar, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1983; A Summary of Recent Industrial Disease Cases, Pacific Marine Seminar, Anchorage, Alaska, 1983; Occupational Diseases Under the Alaska Workers' Compensation Act, Anchorage, Alaska, 1983; Investigating a Claimant's Workers' Compensation Case, Pacific Marine Seminar, Anchorage, Alaska, 1983; An Outline of Problems of Plaintiff's Counsel, Presented to the Workers' Compensation Seminar of the Alaska Pro Bono Program, Alaska, 1985; Inclusion of Fringe Benefits in Wage Basis: Recent Developments Following Morrison Knudsen Construction Company v. Director, OWCP (Hilyer), National Workers' Compensation Seminar, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, July, 1987; The