Law Firm Overview

Surrounded by a wealth of natural beauty, Anchorage offers a thriving city center and is the hub of many of the state's key industries. In 1977, Perkins Coie became the first major law firm from the lower 48 states to establish an office in Anchorage. Our office focuses on a variety of practice areas and represents local, national and Alaska Native companies.

While our lawyers maintain an active environmental, natural resources and project permitting and development practice that focuses on the mining, oil and gas, timber and related industries, we also have thriving practices that serve clients in a variety of industries. Our Labor & Employment practice represents numerous Alaska Native corporations as well as FORTUNE 500 companies; our Construction practice represents public and private owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers and consultants; and our Litigation practice includes product liability defense and air crash litigation. In addition, we have been ranked by Chambers USA in the first band for law firms in Alaska for labor law and environmental law for the past four consecutive years.

Areas of Practice

• Business
• Communications
• E-Commerce
• Energy
• Environment & Natural Resources
• Fiduciary & Investment Services
• Finance
• Forest Products
• Franchising & Distribution
• Game Industry
• Government Contracts
• Government Relations
• Hotels & Leisure
• Intellectual Property
• International Business
• Labor & Employment
• Life Sciences
• Litigation
• Media Law
• Personal Planning
• Political Law
• Product Liability
• Real Estate
• Retail & Consumer Products
• Winery & Vineyard

Representative Clients

• Alaska Airlines, Inc.
• Alaska Public Television, Inc.
• Beech Aircraft Corporation
• BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.
• Central Environmental, Inc.
• Chugach Electric Assn.
• City of Homer
• City of King Cove
• Cook Inlet Pipeline Co.
• Era Aviation, Inc.
• Fairbanks North Star Borough School district
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Express
• General Motors Corporation
• John Deere & Co.
• Kake Tribal Corporation
• Korobkin Construction
• National Consumer Cooperative Bank
• Norton Sound Health Corp.
• NANA/Marriott, J.V.
• Parker Drilling Co.
• Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• The Boeing Company and its Subsidiaries
• Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.
• W.R. Grace & Company

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Franchising, Communications & Media Law, Election Campaign & Political Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Tourism, Travel & Leisure, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Life & Health, Intellectual Property Law, Business & Trade, Electronic Commerce, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Logging & Timber, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Securities Law