This is a list of private practice attorneys based in the Mat-Su Valley who are currently actively practicing law and taking on new clients. (See footnotes below.) This list is in ALPHABETICAL order with the following information: Attorney’s Name, Year Attorney was licensed in Alaska, Law Firm Name, Mailing and/or…
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Here is the signed Lisa Behrens vs. Mat-Su Borough Settlement Agreement. The MSB is paying Ms. Behrens $400,000. Each side is paying for their own attorney fees & costs. The MSB’s attorney fees for this case are significant. The MSB Law Department hired the law firm of Perkins Coie to…
The lawsuit Lisa Behrens vs. Mat-Su Borough (case number 3PA-18-01703 CI) has been settled. The jury trial scheduled to begin next week has been vacated from the Palmer Superior Court calendar. NOTE: The MatsuMuckraker will post the settlement documents as soon as they are obtained from the Mat-Su Borough. UPDATE:…
The Lisa Behrens vs. MSB lawsuit will be discussed in Executive Session at this week’s Assembly meeting: The case is set for a 15 day trial in Palmer Superior Court in October & November: The MSB has filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgement and a ruling is still pending.…
The MSB manager seems to be very free and easy with regard to paying out “severance packages” to dearly departed MSB employees. The MSB paid William F. Gamble $80,000 a few years ago…and today, via a Public Records Request, it was discovered that the MSB paid former MSB Emergency Services…
Plaintiff Lisa Behrens filed a second “Motion for a Protective Order and Sanctions” as well as a related “Motion to Compel Production” in her lawsuit against the MSB on March 12, 2019. In these motions, Ms. Behrens complains that the MSB legal team is interfering with her ability to depose…
Lisa Behrens, the former Deputy Director of EMS, who is suing the MSB for wrongful termination, is accusing the MSB of threatening a key witness in her lawsuit. Ms. Behrens filed a Motion for a Protective Order and for Sanctions against the MSB on January 7th. She claims that the…
Here are the records showing what the MSB paid to outside law firms for legal work during FY2016, FY2017, FY2018. Click below to see all of the records. 429 426.900 law Here are a few highlights: Perkins Coie gets a lot of business from the MSB. Note: Sean Parnell seems…
Newly released public records show that the Mat-Su Borough paid out $80,000 as part of a legal settlement and release agreement to William F. Gamble, the former Director of Emergency Services, in April, 2017. Mr. Gamble was the Director of EMS from April 2015 until January 2017 when the MSB…
A group of current and former teachers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against NEA-Alaska, the Matanuska-Susitna Education Association, the Mat-Su Borough School District, and the Alaska Labor Relations Board, over union dues and union activities citing the brand new US Supreme Court case Janus v. American Federation of…