Attorneys - Alaska Law Firm - Wohlforth, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking, A Professional Corporation

The law firm of Wohlforth, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking, A Professional Corporation was founded in 1967 and has built a diverse and comprehensive practice in the areas of public finance, business, securities, banking, commercial, environmental, real estate, labor, employment, municipal and state agency law, and civil litigation. With our offices based in Alaska, we are vitally interested in, and maintain a keen awareness of, the current status of Alaska law and economic and governmental conditions. The firm is nationally recognized for its municipal and public finance practices and has deep grounding in Alaska. Clients include banks, trust companies, investment banks, securities issuers, corporations, various enterprises, non-profit corporations, rural Alaska communities and municipalities and state agencies. Its members have served as Commissioner of Revenue, Director of Banking, Securities and Corporations, Director of Petroleum Revenue, Chair of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and other Alaska governmental positions. Representation is comprehensive, as the firm has an active trial and appellate civil litigation practice, and regularly appears before numerous state and municipal administrative and regulatory agencies.

Attorneys

Mary B. Pinkel
Phone: (907) 276-6401
Fax: (907) 276-5093

Mary B. Pinkel joined the firm as an associate in January, 2012. Her practice includes municipal, public finance, civil litigation and business law.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Pinkel worked as an attorney advisor for the United States Army in Alexandria, Virginia, where she provided legal advice to Army family programs in areas of tort, employment, ethics and non-appropriated funds. Before working for the Army, she served in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska, where she represented the United States of America in Federal Tort Claims Act and discrimination cases. She also served in the Anchorage Municipal Attorney’s Office, where she represented the Municipality and individual employees in state and federal civil litigation and provided advice to municipal departments in regard to employment, public health, torts, construction, constitutional, election, land use and contract law. She has served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska and as a law clerk for the State of Alaska Superior Court.

Ms. Pinkel graduated from Amherst College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. She is admitted to practice law in Alaska state court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the Federal Bar Association and the Alaska Bar Committee for Fair and Impartial Courts.

Areas Of Practice:

	•	Administrative Law
	•	Business Law
	•	Constitutional Law
	•	Election Issues
	•	Employment Law
	•	Government Agencies and Programs
	•	Litigation and Appeals
	•	Public Finance
	•	State, Local and Municipal Law
	•	Torts Law

Bar Admissions:

	•	Alaska
	•	Wisconsin (in-active)
	•	U.S. District Court District of Alaska
	•	U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
	•	U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

	•	University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D.
	•	Amherst College, B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

	•	Federal Bar Association
	•	Alaska Bar Committee for Fair and Impartial Courts

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