Practice Areas: Municipal Law - Alaska Law Firm - Wohlforth, Johnson, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking, A Professional Corporation

The law firm of Wohlforth, Johnson, 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.

Practice Areas: Municipal Law

▪ Cities
▪ Boroughs
▪ Unified municipalities
▪ Election law
▪ Eminent domain
▪ Ethics
▪ Planning and zoning
▪ Public finance and bonding
▪ Public Meetings Act
▪ Taxation

We provide prompt answers to complex municipal law issues. We represent cities, boroughs and unified municipalities in all facets of the ever changing menu of issues confronting municipalities in the contemporary business and policy environment. We understand the importance of the role of process in municipal practice. This awareness, coupled with a thorough understanding of the substantive attributes of municipal law issues enables us to provide our clients with a thorough analytical framework to work through the constitutional, statutory and common law guidance affecting local governments on a regular basis. We are sensitive to the need for the public’s confidence in its municipal officials and institutions. With that objective in mind, we can assist municipalities in navigating the complex and technical aspects of ethics and conflicts of interest that are so critical to ensuring that municipal objectives are met in an efficient, economic and comprehensive fashion so that the public may be confident that the integrity of the process has not been compromised.