Valerie Delatorre

Valerie Delatorre is an associate at Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot in Anchorage who focuses primarily on estate planning, probate, and transactional business matters. She joined the firm in 2025 and helps clients prepare for future needs through wills and trusts while guiding families and fiduciaries through the probate process. Valerie also works on business transactions, giving clients practical assistance where personal planning, asset administration, and business considerations can intersect.

Valerie earned a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 2022 and a B.S. from Northern Arizona University in 2017. Her legal education prepared her to address planning, probate, and transactional issues through careful document drafting, research, and analysis. That training supports work involving estate documents, administration procedures, business agreements, and client counseling where accuracy and clear explanation are important to protecting property interests and carrying out long-term objectives.

Valerie clerked for the Kenai Superior Court for two years before joining private practice. That experience provided direct exposure to court procedure, judicial decision making, and the administration of contested and uncontested matters. In practice, she has helped clients draft wills and trusts and navigate probate proceedings. Her business work adds a transactional dimension to her practice, allowing her to assist clients with legal planning that can involve ownership structures, succession concerns, and business-related documents.

Valerie Delatorre is admitted in Alaska and Massachusetts. Her practice at Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot centers on estate planning, probate, and business law. Valerie combines recent judicial clerkship experience with client-focused planning and transactional work, helping individuals and businesses organize legal affairs, prepare clear documents, and respond to court requirements. Her work supports clients seeking orderly estate plans, efficient probate guidance, and practical legal assistance with business transactions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Alaska Bar Association

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• Alaska

Education

• Northeastern University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Northern Arizona University
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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