As of the second quarter of 2025, cities in Fairbanks North Star Borough had a total of 240 lawyers in good standing practicing law, according to the Alaska Bar Association.
This is a decrease from the previous quarter, when there were 243 lawyers in good standing in Fairbanks North Star Borough.
The largest portion of these licenses was granted in the city of Fairbanks (235).
Alaska has no law schools, yet it maintains a higher-than-average ratio of lawyers compared to the relatively low overall population. In Alaska, there are now 2,486 attorneys actively practicing law and a total of 4,160 lawyers licensed to practice in the state.
As of March 2025, average lawyer salaries in Alaska ranged from $113,932 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work to $238,626 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 $190,542 in Alaska, compared to $174,969 nationwide.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.
Lawyers in Good Standing in Cities in Fairbanks North Star Borough in Q2
| Lawyer Name | Bar Number | Date Of Admission |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Schutt | 0011084 | 11/01/2000 |
| Aisha Tinker Bray | 9505028 | 05/01/1995 |
| Alan James Hooper | 8011088 | 11/01/1980 |
| Alex Koponen | 9806030 | 06/01/1998 |
| Alex-Ciana Kate Howie | 2502007 | 02/21/2025 |
| Alexander Hayden Steinbach | 2304031 | 04/12/2023 |
| Alicemary L. Rasley | 8006011 | 06/01/1980 |
| Alison F. Macmanus | 0911081 | 11/19/2009 |
| Alison Adair Carter | 1606050 | 06/02/2016 |
| Allen R. Cheek | 7811088 | 11/01/1978 |
| Allen M. Todd | 9811082 | 11/01/1998 |
| Allen Vacura | 9506033 | 06/01/1995 |
| Allison Rae Baldock | 1305032 | 05/31/2013 |
| Amy Kate Welch | 1409064 | 09/11/2014 |
| Amy Jo Schrum | 0805024 | 05/17/2008 |
| Amy A. Bennett | 0611107 | 11/06/2006 |
| Andrew P. Baldock | 0806041 | 06/27/2008 |
| Andrew R. Harrington | 8106026 | 06/01/1981 |
| Andrew J. Kleinfeld | 7004019 | 04/01/1970 |
| Ann R. Broker | 9111076 | 11/01/1991 |
| Ann Elizabeth Rhian | 8304008 | 04/01/1983 |
| Arthur Lyle Robson | 6806017 | 06/01/1968 |
| Barbara L. Schuhmann | 7411119 | 11/01/1974 |
| Barry Donnellan | 7210045 | 10/01/1972 |
| Barry W. Jackson | 5902006 | 02/01/1959 |
| Benjamin A. Seekins | 0211059 | 11/01/2002 |
| Bethany S. Harbison | 9312119 | 12/01/1993 |
| Bobbie Allen | 2304027 | 04/06/2023 |
| Brent E. Bennett | 0611106 | 11/06/2006 |
| Caitlyn Alyce Pierson | 2211085 | 11/08/2022 |
| Caleb Horn | 2411147 | 11/05/2024 |
| Carol S. Greenberg | 8309086 | 09/01/1983 |
| Carol L. Jacoby | 0612114 | 12/29/2006 |
| Cassandra J. Tilly | 9911081 | 11/01/1999 |
| Cedar Esin Polta | 1606059 | 06/24/2016 |
| Chad Hutchison | 0705035 | 05/30/2007 |
| Charles D. Silvey | 7705062 | 05/01/1977 |
| Charles E. Cole | 5503004 | 03/01/1955 |
| Christopher John Bodle | 1406060 | 06/24/2014 |
| Christopher E. Zimmerman | 7811150 | 11/01/1978 |
| Constance Cates Ringstad | 8406018 | 06/01/1984 |
| Cory R. Borgeson | 8405009 | 05/01/1984 |
| Craig B. Partyka | 9911079 | 11/01/1999 |
| Dallas L. Phillips | 6302013 | 02/01/1963 |
| Dana J. Merriman | 0111078 | 11/05/2001 |
| Danielle Gardner | 0411088 | 11/01/2004 |
| Danielle S. Foster | 0311074 | 11/01/2003 |
| David Blanchette | 7908072 | 08/01/1979 |
| David V. Burglin | 8906015 | 06/01/1989 |
| David A. Carlson | 9711087 | 11/01/1997 |
| David L. Monson | 7912139 | 12/01/1979 |
| Dennis M. Bump | 7410063 | 10/01/1974 |
| Dennis E. Cook | 7011051 | 11/01/1970 |
| Dennis A. Wheeler | 9311095 | 11/01/1993 |
| Derek R. Averett | 0905024 | 05/22/2009 |
| Dick L. Madson | 6903016 | 03/01/1969 |
| Dominic Gerard Plantamura | 2202008 | 02/18/2022 |
| Donald F. Logan | 8006026 | 06/01/1980 |
| Doron Partyka | 9911080 | 11/01/1999 |
| Dougal Neralich | 1509078 | 09/30/2015 |
| Dustin Arthur William Howie | 2502008 | 02/21/2025 |
| E. John Athens | 7210038 | 10/01/1972 |
| Earl Adrian Peterson | 1106056 | 06/08/2011 |
| Edward A. Merdes | 5211005 | 11/01/1952 |
| Edward R. Niewohner | 6403008 | 03/01/1964 |
| Ehren Dietrich Lohse | 1411112 | 11/17/2014 |
| Elizabeth F. Crail | 0211057 | 11/01/2002 |
| Emily A. Kingsley | 2403029 | 03/15/2024 |
| Eric David Yff | 1606054 | 06/16/2016 |
| Eric Ringstad | 2111103 | 11/05/2021 |
| Ethan R. Vande Wall | 2309097 | 09/26/2023 |
| Eugene R. Belland | 6002001 | 02/01/1960 |
| Fleur L. Roberts | 8212167 | 12/01/1982 |
| Francis Sunderland | 2411150 | 11/05/2024 |
| Frank Eleazar Spaulding | 0006034 | 06/01/2000 |
| Franklin DuBois Fleeks | 7610090 | 10/01/1976 |
| Frederic E. Brown | 6911027 | 11/01/1969 |
| Gail M. Ballou | 8211099 | 11/01/1982 |
| Galen Gerald Cook | 1910083 | 10/15/2019 |
| Gary G. Foster | 7811096 | 11/01/1978 |
| Gary L. Stapp | 9009064 | 09/01/1990 |
| George B. McNabb | 4910003 | 10/01/1949 |
| Geraldine Stewart | 8506081 | 06/01/1985 |
| Gerard R. LaParle | 8011093 | 11/01/1980 |
| Gerard Michael Kenna | 1705011 | 05/11/2017 |
| Geri Simon | 9806031 | 06/01/1998 |
| Grace B. Schaible | 6002006 | 02/01/1960 |
| Gregory J. Berger | 9906028 | 06/01/1999 |
| H. Bixler Whiting | 6802010 | 02/01/1968 |
| H. Ed Crutchfield | 8209088 | 09/01/1982 |
| Hannah Sailor Marx | 2212127 | 12/14/2022 |
| Hannah Marie Grage | 2411162 | 11/12/2024 |
| Harold N. Brown | 9711086 | 11/01/1997 |
| Harry L. Davis | 7205009 | 05/01/1972 |
| Heather Marie Brown | 1405033 | 05/21/2014 |
| Heidi M. Holmes | 0911079 | 11/19/2009 |
| Herbert P. Kuss | 7610113 | 10/01/1976 |
| Howard P. Staley | 6302015 | 02/01/1963 |
| Hugh H. Connelly | 6711021 | 11/01/1967 |
| Ileane Polis | 2105047 | 05/20/2021 |
| J. Benjamin Jaffa | 0905023 | 05/21/2009 |
| J. John Franich | 8011078 | 11/01/1980 |
| James M. Hackett | 7106014 | 06/01/1971 |
| James S. Magoffin | 7205012 | 05/01/1972 |
| James E. McLain | 9811051 | 11/01/1998 |
| James P. Doogan | 7310041 | 10/01/1973 |
| Jasmine Nicole Johnson | 1712095 | 12/13/2017 |
| Jason F. Doxey | 0905009 | 05/12/2009 |
| Jason Ringstad | 2011123 | 11/19/2020 |
| Jason A. Weiner | 9906031 | 06/01/1999 |
| Jason P. Beatty | 0711066 | 11/01/2007 |
| Jay Michael Fulk | 1910086 | 10/28/2019 |
| Jay Hodges | 6503012 | 03/01/1965 |
| Jeffrey D. May | 0811091 | 11/14/2008 |
| Jeffrey Allen Roe | 2005032 | 05/19/2020 |
| Jenel Domke | 0305025 | 05/01/2003 |
| Jennifer Hite | 0208031 | 08/01/2002 |
| Jill S. Dolan | 0405035 | 05/01/2004 |
| Jina Yee | 2305046 | 05/19/2023 |
| Joe Charles Martin | 2402010 | 02/07/2024 |
| John J. Burns | 8601002 | 01/01/1986 |
| John J. Tiemessen | 9111105 | 11/01/1991 |
| John F. Wallace | 9211115 | 11/01/1992 |
| John Esposito | 2408088 | 08/27/2024 |
| John W. Hagey | 7606065 | 06/01/1976 |
| Joseph B. Dallaire | 0705033 | 05/30/2007 |
| Joseph W. Miller | 9511067 | 11/01/1995 |
| Joseph L. Paskvan | 8111119 | 11/01/1981 |
| Joseph Roland Brambil | 2111137 | 11/16/2021 |
| Joseph W. Sheehan | 7004024 | 04/01/1970 |
| Julie A. Smith | 9211100 | 11/01/1992 |
| Justice Susan M. Carney | 8806125 | 06/01/1988 |
| Justin D. Nelson | 1102007 | 03/02/2011 |
| Justin Racette | 0611093 | 11/06/2006 |
| Kalina Grabinska-Marusek | 1112103 | 12/05/2011 |
| Karla Taylor-Welch | 8409082 | 09/01/1984 |
| Katherine Gonsalves | NA20764 | |
| Katherine R. Bachelder | 8906011 | 06/01/1989 |
| Kenneth P. Ringstad | 8011109 | 11/01/1980 |
| Kenneth L. Covell | 8611103 | 11/01/1986 |
| Kirk F. Schwalm | 1011064 | 11/12/2010 |
| Kristin J. Farleigh | 1006044 | 06/24/2010 |
| Kristina Marie Miller | 1605044 | 05/20/2016 |
| Lance C. Parrish | 7505031 | 05/01/1975 |
| Larry C. Zervos | 7906066 | 06/01/1979 |
| Latitia Gonzales | NA19861 | |
| Lyle R. Carlson | 7002001 | 02/01/1970 |
| M. Jeffery Kallis | 0410060 | 10/01/2004 |
| M. Leone Hatch | 8506061 | 06/01/1985 |
| Mamie S. Brown | 1210076 | 10/29/2012 |
| Marc Aaron Smith | 2405065 | 05/31/2024 |
| Margaret O’Toole Rogers | 0311079 | 11/01/2003 |
| Mark E. Merdes | 9406066 | 06/01/1994 |
| Mary Bailey Kennedy | 2301001 | 01/04/2023 |
| Mary K. Bullis | 1311108 | 11/26/2013 |
| Mary A. Nordale | 6912058 | 12/01/1969 |
| Mary Ann Lundquist | 9012132 | 12/01/1990 |
| Mason Damrau | 8406020 | 06/01/1984 |
| Matthew A. Tallerico | 0911071 | 11/13/2009 |
| Megan Comolli | 1311094 | 11/07/2013 |
| Megan E. Edlund | 1405028 | 05/14/2014 |
| Melvin D. Benitz | 6101001 | 01/01/1961 |
| Michael J. Cavaliere | 0311076 | 11/01/2003 |
| Michael C. Kramer | 9605031 | 05/01/1996 |
| Michael J. Walleri | 7906060 | 06/01/1979 |
| Michael P. Hostina | 8506106 | 06/01/1985 |
| Michael “Mike” A. Stepovich | 8406051 | 06/01/1984 |
| Michelle L. McComb | 9111096 | 11/01/1991 |
| Michelle Marie Demmert | 2310105 | 10/17/2023 |
| Mila A. Neubert | 0011092 | 11/01/2000 |
| Nelson Traverso | 8310151 | 10/01/1983 |
| Nicholas Adam Defreitas | 1905051 | 05/22/2019 |
| Nicolas Carl Ambrose | 1511090 | 11/12/2015 |
| Nikole Schick | 0611096 | 11/06/2006 |
| Nora Audrey King | 8511168 | 11/01/1985 |
| Olivia M. Wells | 2006055 | 06/19/2020 |
| P. Susan Mitchell | 0411067 | 11/01/2004 |
| Patricia L. Haines | 1207063 | 07/16/2012 |
| Patrick B. Cole | 7811090 | 11/01/1978 |
| Patrick Roach | 2205029 | 05/20/2022 |
| Paul A. Barrett | 7310037 | 10/01/1973 |
| Paulette B. Hagen | 8911066 | 11/01/1989 |
| Quincy Benton | 4801001 | 01/01/1948 |
| Rachel Plumlee | 0209035 | 09/01/2002 |
| Richard D. Burke | 7402005 | 02/01/1974 |
| Richard Anthony Garcia | 2205035 | 05/24/2022 |
| Richard W. Wright | 9009061 | 09/01/1990 |
| Richard W. Hompesch | 8411120 | 11/01/1984 |
| Risa C. Leonard | 1011084 | 11/16/2010 |
| Rita T. Allee | 7505003 | 05/01/1975 |
| Robert J. Collins | 7510061 | 10/01/1975 |
| Robert B. Downes | 7106008 | 06/01/1971 |
| Robert John | 8911069 | 11/01/1989 |
| Robert F. Martin | 6911040 | 11/01/1969 |
| Robert A. Parrish | 4802005 | 02/01/1948 |
| Robert A. Sparks | 8611139 | 11/01/1986 |
| Robert M. Beconovich | 8111073 | 11/01/1981 |
| Robin S. Brown | 0711067 | 11/01/2007 |
| Ronald P. Moroni | 8612149 | 12/01/1986 |
| Roseann E. Simko Wall | 1205040 | 05/24/2012 |
| Sadie Edmundson | 2211116 | 11/04/2022 |
| Sandra Kay Rolfe | 1305009 | 05/28/2013 |
| Sara Gehrig | 9406034 | 06/01/1994 |
| Shantal McNeil | 1905056 | 05/30/2019 |
| Shaun P. Lucas | 2103010 | 03/05/2021 |
| Shelley D. Ebenal | 9411091 | 11/01/1994 |
| Sr. Justice (Ret.) Daniel E. Winfree | 8206076 | 06/01/1982 |
| Stefan Thomas Hoffer | 0811064 | 11/06/2008 |
| Stephen E. Nebel | 8206051 | 06/01/1982 |
| Stevan L. Elliott | 9911076 | 11/01/1999 |
| Steven Edward Miller | 2011138 | 11/30/2020 |
| Steven S. Hansen | 0911053 | 11/13/2009 |
| Susan L. Evans | 9411102 | 11/01/1994 |
| Susan Elizabeth Bennett | 2410097 | 10/11/2024 |
| T.N. Gore | 5503005 | 03/01/1955 |
| Terri-Lynn Coleman | 8006012 | 06/01/1980 |
| Teryn Bird | 1307050 | 07/16/2013 |
| Theodore Hoppner | 9306017 | 06/01/1993 |
| Theresa Lynn Williams | 9706024 | 06/01/1997 |
| Thomas A. Chapman | 1311074 | 11/07/2013 |
| Thomas Allen Chard | 2209063 | 09/09/2022 |
| Thomas Edgar Fenton | 6302006 | 02/01/1963 |
| Thomas R. Wickwire | 7111049 | 11/01/1971 |
| Timothy James Lai FitzGibbon | 1905040 | 05/22/2019 |
| Tyler Broker | 1708040 | 08/01/2017 |
| Tylor Kaylee Schmitt | 2011125 | 11/19/2020 |
| Valerie M. Therrien | 7610137 | 10/01/1976 |
| Valerie Tansey | 2111130 | 11/17/2021 |
| Walter Sczudlo | 5211006 | 11/01/1952 |
| Walter J. Sczudlo | 7911129 | 11/01/1979 |
| Ward M. Merdes | 8906027 | 06/01/1989 |
| Warren A. Taylor | 8406052 | 06/01/1984 |
| Warren A. Taylor | 2703001 | 03/01/1927 |
| Wayne Leonard Mowery | 2111123 | 11/17/2021 |
| William V. Boggess | 5101001 | 01/01/1951 |
| William E. Caldwell | 8610091 | 10/01/1986 |
| William B. Emmal | 6102015 | 02/01/1961 |
| William R. Satterberg | 7610126 | 10/01/1976 |
| Winston S. Burbank | 7705012 | 05/01/1977 |
| Zane D. Wilson | 9111108 | 11/01/1991 |
