 Education: Harvard Law School, JD, 1978 University of Oregon, BS. Finance 1974 Admitted: United States Supreme Court Alaska State Courts 9th Circuit Court of Appeals 7th Circuit Court of Appeals US District Court Alaska US District Court Eastern District Wisconsin |
James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq., is a
1978 graduate of Harvard Law School, and founded the Law Offices of
James B. Gottstein in 1985. Mr. Gottstein has over 40 years experience
representing clients in a wide-range of business matters, real estate, public land law, and
mental
health law. Clients have included individuals, corporations and
other types of business entities, Alaska Native corporations,
non-profits, and an Alaska Native tribal government. Mr. Gottstein is semi-retired, spending the winter in Hawaii. Subject to the constraints inherent in not being in Alaska for the winter, Mr. Gottstein is available to represent clients for select civil litigation, appeals, real estate transactions, commercial disputes and commercial transactions as well as federal whistleblower cases involving fraud against the federal government. Mr. Gottstein will also consider representation in other types of matters. In March of 2015, Mr. Gottstein
sued over
a no bid
contract to gut and reconstruct the Anchorage Legislative
Information Office Building for lease back by the
Legislature. Just about a year later after intense litigation,
the lease was declared illegal.
Mr. Gottstein's appellate work has been focused on mental health related cases. Appellate decisions include: |