MARK E. ASHBURN | DANI CROSBY | MATTHEW T. FINDLEY | JULIAN L. MASON | DONALD W. McCLINTOCK III

A. WILLIAM SAUPE | MOIRA K. SMITH | JACOB A. SONNEBORN | THOMAS V. WANG

Mark E. Ashburn, Of Counsel to Ashburn & Mason, has been with the firm since 1983. Before joining the firm, Mark served as a law clerk to Justice Jay Rabinowitz of the Alaska Supreme Court. He worked for the State of Alaska for several years, first as an assistant public defender, then as Chief of the Antitrust Section, and finally as Chief of the Anchorage Civil Section in the Alaska Attorney General’s Office.

Mark’s practice includes civil litigation, employment law, oil and gas law, and antitrust law. He has represented the State of Alaska in a number of matters and currently serves as lead outside counsel in the litigation over the fate of the former Point Thomson Unit. Mark also regularly represents the University of Alaska in employment litigation.

Mark’s more than three decades in practice and his reputation as one of Alaska’s leading litigators have earned him an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and was selected for inclusion in Alaska Super Lawyers 2009 in the Energy & Natural Resources, General Litigation, and Employment & Labor practice areas. Mark has also been named as a band one leader in Litigation in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Mark has tried over 75 cases and has litigated more than 25 reported cases before the Alaska Supreme Court, the Alaska Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has served on the Alaska Judicial Council and is a Past President of the Alaska Bar Examiners Committee. Mark has also given presentations on trial practice and has taught antitrust law at the Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.

Mark served as an interpreter in the United States Army from 1968-1971.