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Stephen H. Hutchings

Shareholder
(907) 263-7267
Anchorage
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Practice Areas

• Alaska Native Corporations and Public Housing Authorities Law
• Complex Litigation
• Construction Law and Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Business Torts and Commercial Litigation
• Product Liability

Mr. Hutchings' practice concentrates on corporate law and commercial litigation, especially construction and government contracts, and personal injury claims. He has participated in numerous jury and bench trials throughout Alaska, as well as mediations, arbitrations and administrative hearings. He served as district attorney in Bethel and Sitka, Alaska, and as supervisor of the Torts and Special Litigation Section of the attorney general's office in Anchorage for more than ten years before joining the firm in 1987.

Prior to entering the law, Mr. Hutchings worked as a commercial fisherman in the Pacific Northwest and as a high school instructor in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Education

• Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1976)
• Grinnell College (B.A., economics, 1971)

Admitted to Practice

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska
• Alaska
  
  

Awards and Honors

• Ranked in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers
• Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Society and Best Brief Award, Washington University School of Law
• Marcus Younker Scholarship, Grinnell College

Other Professional Experience

• Alaska Attorney General's Office, Torts and Special Litigation Section
• District Attorney, Sitka, Alaska
• District Attorney, Bethel, Alaska
• Assistant District Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska
• Associate Staff Counsel, Criminal Code Revision Subcommission, Alaska Legislature

Representative Matters and Selected Clients

• Baranof Island Housing Authority (default by contractor and bonding company takeover on $7 million project)
• Alaska Energy Commission/AIDEA (change order claims by hydroelectric tunnel contractor and convenience termination)
• Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (general outside corporate counsel)
• Association of Village Council Presidents Regional Housing Authority (general counsel, bid protests, equitable adjustment, Little Miller Act, litigation)
• King Cove Corporation (general counsel)
• Amerind Risk Management Corporation

Professional and Community Activities

• Alaska Bar Association
• Alaska Bar Association Board of Legal Examiners
• Referee, junior and senior high school football and wrestling

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• National Institute of Trial Advocacy, NITA Seminar Graduate, Boulder, Colorado (1981)
• CLE Instructor, public contracting law

Languages Spoken

• Spanish