James D. DeWitt

Office: Fairbanks.

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Transactions Law; Real Estate Law; Commercial Litigation; Education Law.

Admitted: 1976, Alaska.

Law School: Northwestern University, J.D., 1975.

College: University of Oregon, B.S., 1972.

Member: Tanana Valley (President, 1982) and Alaska Bar Associations.

Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Co-Author: Volunteer's Legal Handbook. Instructor, Business Law, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1978-1983; Chair, Alaska Bar Association Internet Committee; Chair, Alaska Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Committee.

Transactions: Resolution of In re Community Advocacy Project of Alaska, Inc., Bankruptcy No. 02-00420; Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Chinook Charter School (1996); Walden Estates Section 801 Military Housing (1989-1990).

Reported Cases: Carman v. State, 564 P.2d 361 (Alaska 1977); Matter of Hutchison's Estate, 577 P.2d 1074 (Alaska 1978); E.A. v. State, 623 P.2d 1210 (Alaska 1981); Schacht v. Male, 639 P.2d 991 (Alaska 1981); Ostrow v. Higgins, 722 P.2d 936 (Alaska 1986); Integrated Resources Equity Corp. v. Fairbanks North Star Borough, 799 P.2d 295 (Alaska 1990); City of Fairbanks v. Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau, 818 P.2d 1153 (Alaska 1991); Stormont v. Astoria, 889 P.2d 1059 (Alaska 1995); Cook, Schuhmann & Groseclose v. Brown & Root, Inc., 116 P.3d 592 (Alaska 2005); OK Lumber Company, Inc. v. Alaska Railroad Corporation, 123 P.3d 1076 (Alaska 2005).

Professional Recognition: The Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law) since 1989. Alaska Super Lawyers (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights) since 2008.

Born: Stockton, California, 1950.

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