The Alaska Bar Association has finally announced the results of its February 2017 examination and BHBC is proud to announce that two of its Alaska-born lawyers are among the 22 newly admitted to practice in the 49th State.
Zach Olson has practiced in our Washington, D.C. office for nearly three years. He is from Nome, where he also played basketball (though his team washed out in the first round of the 3A State championship). He attended college at the University of Idaho and then worked for several years with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), before attending law school at George Mason University. He worked on transportation, wildlife, environmental, and land use policy on Capitol Hill, at the U.S. Department of Interior, and then at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims before joining a large lobbying firm. His practice for BHBC has focused on wildlife law, including using regulatory and litigation tactics to protect hunting and trapping rights. He has also done a lot of work for energy and utility companies before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. He is hoping that being licensed in Alaska will give him greater flexibility when representing his many Alaska-based clients and is looking forward to spending some time in BHBC’s Anchorage office this summer.