Attorneys

Paul S. Wilcox

Paul S Wilcox is a highly experienced member of the firm and successfully litigates and settles a wide variety of civil matters, including major injury and wrongful death claims, employment defense, complex tort, contract, professional and premises liability, and general litigation. He has represented businesses, municipalities and individuals as lead counsel in many trials, administrative hearings and arbitration. He has served as an administrative hearing officer and as a mediator.

Practicing in Alaska since 1976, Paul’s cases have taken him all over the state: to Ketchikan, Klawock, Sitka, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, Whittier, Seward, Homer, Seldovia, Soldotna, Kenai, Bethel, Nome, Kotzebue, Barrow, Prudhoe Bay, Fairbanks, Wasilla, and Palmer, as well as Anchorage. In 1977, he became the first in-house counsel for the IBEW in Alaska, serving for 3 years before returning to private practice.

His employment practice covers all aspects of employment law, including wrongful discharge, breach of contract and the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, discrimination, wage and hour, and retaliation. Paul was one of the earliest practitioners of employment law in Alaska and he has advised a wide variety of employers in both the public and private sectors. His appellate practice includes significant cases before both the Alaska Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court Alaska, Northern California
Alaska (all Federal and State courts)

BAR ADMISSIONS

Alaska
California (inactive)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Anchorage Bar Association
Alaska Bar Association Employment and Tort Sections
Anchorage Community Theatre Board
Anchorage Parks and Recreation Commission
Boys & Girls Club Board
Commonwealth North Board
Faith Christian Community
Sonrise Christian School Board

EDUCATION

BA, University of California (1970)
JD, University of California Hastings College of Law (1975)

LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, FACULTY (abbreviated listing)

“Alaska Labor and Employment Law”, National Business Institute, Inc., 1993.

Adjunct Professor, Alaska Pacific University

History of Collective Bargaining Protective Labor Legislation

“An Audit Can Help Avoid Employee Lawsuits”, Alaska Journal of Commerce, 1991.

“Defending Wrongful Discharge Claims Under Alaska Law”, National Business Institute, June 1999.

“Employee Handbook May Constitute an Enforceable Contract”, The Education Advisor, 1990.

“Employment Law: Anatomy of A Wrongful Discharge Case”, Alaska Bar Association, November 1993.

“Employment Law Update”, Alaska Broadcasters Association Convention, October 1993.

“Labor and Employment Audits”, Alaska Hotel and Motel Association Annual Meeting, 1991.

“Labor And Employment Issues Currently Facing Telephone Utilities”, Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone Companies Annual Convention, 1991.

“Labor and Employment Update”, 1989-2000.

“Well-Written Employee Handbook Must Be Specific To Company”, Alaska Journal of Commerce, 1999.

“Wrongful Discharge Update”, Alaska Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Series, 1991.

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