Andy Erickson

Andy Erickson is a partner at Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP in Anchorage and an experienced litigator whose practice includes administrative law, corporate and municipal law, Alaska Native law, appeals, environmental matters, and civil litigation. He has represented Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Tribes, and individuals in state and federal courts. His work includes litigation involving customary and traditional uses of fish and game and other legal issues affecting Alaska Native entities and communities.

Andy earned a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2013, an M.Sc. from the University of Oxford in 2009, and a B.A. from The University of Montana in 2008. During law school, he served on Environmental Law and the Ninth Circuit Review and received recognition for research in environmental and natural resources law. His academic background supports a practice requiring detailed legal research, appellate briefing, administrative-law analysis, and work on complex natural resources issues.

His practice spans Alaska Native corporate and tribal law, appellate law, bankruptcy and creditor rights, civil litigation, environmental and natural resources, housing, insurance litigation, liability defense, and municipal law. Andy has litigated cases involving Alaska Native subsistence hunting and fishing rights at multiple levels of Alaska state and federal courts. He also writes regularly on developments in Alaska Native case law and has published scholarship on environmental and natural resources topics.

Andy Erickson is admitted in Alaska and Montana and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. His combination of appellate, environmental, municipal, and Alaska Native law experience helps clients address disputes that may involve administrative agencies, constitutional questions, natural resources, or government authority. He brings research-intensive analysis and courtroom experience to matters with significant legal and community implications.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP
• Member, Alaska Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Montana
• Member, Anchorage Bar Association

Licensed State

• Alaska
• Montana

Education

• Lewis & Clark Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Oxford
  M.Sc.
• The University of Montana
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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