Lee Baxter is an Alaskan litigator who works closely with Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), tribal and state governments, public entities, and companies throughout the state of Alaska. He helps his clients resolve disputes involving real estate, contracting, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) conveyances, torts, and intellectual property rights.

Lee’s experience working with diverse clientele throughout Alaska has given him a thorough understanding of the state’s legal landscape. Beyond his work with ANCs and Alaskan tribal governments, he has represented construction clients challenging competitive bid awards; employers looking to protect the misappropriation of company property and trade secrets; companies aiming to prevent their loss of options to purchase real property; and Alaskan school districts seeking legal counsel for liability concerns, contractual agreements, and employment issues.

After law school, Lee clerked for Justice Jim Rice of the Montana Supreme Court and U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. Lee graduated from law school in the top five percent of his class.

Bar Admissions

• Alaska State Courts
• Alaska Federal Courts
• Montana State Courts
• Montana Federal Courts

Education

• Montana State University, Bachelor of Arts degree, Political Science, cum laude (2007)
• University of Montana School of Law, Juris Doctor degree, high honors (2012)

Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs)

• Represented an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) Village Corporation in defending its U.S.C. § 14(c) procedure and conveyances.
• Served as counsel for multiple ANCs regarding improper proxy solicitations for the annual election of directors by shareholders.

Alaska tribal law

• Obtained dismissal of foreclosure for a federally-recognized tribe after local government attempted to impose real-property taxes on tribal lands.
• Represented a federally-recognized tribe regarding application of federal and state employment laws.

Litigation

• Served as counsel for a city in Alaska against a tort claim brought by a resident who struck a road hazard on a state-maintained roadway and obtained a directed verdict in the client’s favor at trial.
• Received a preliminary injunction to prevent a former employee from misappropriating company assets, trade secrets, and other intellectual property and starting a competing business for an oil field services company.
• Represented numerous school districts in employment and tort litigation.
• Obtained a preliminary injunction preventing the termination of an option to purchase real-property with significant mineral extraction potential for a mining company.

• Tribal Provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES)
• Indian Child Welfare Act Goes Before Supreme Court
• Election Law Restriction for ANCs to Remember
• Impacts of H.R. 6201 on Tribal Governments