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

Donald W. McClintock III joined the firm in 1983 and leads the firm’s real estate business practice. Prior to joining Ashburn & Mason, Don served as a law clerk for Justice Warren Matthews of the Alaska Supreme Court and as an assistant attorney general for the State of Alaska in the transportation section, specializing in construction and condemnation litigation.

Don’s transactional practice includes real estate development, commercial leasing and financing, municipal law, and administrative law. He represents real estate appraisers, design professionals, commercial landlords, telecommunication companies, contractors, developers, businesses, and individuals on zoning and land-use planning matters, construction contract issues, and competitive bid protests. Don has served as an arbitrator in real estate and commercial disputes. He has represented state agencies, municipalities, and landowners throughout the state of Alaska on eminent domain issues, and, in 1994-95, chaired the Civil Rules subcommittee that extensively revised the eminent domain procedural rules.

He currently holds an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell; was selected for inclusion in Alaska Super Lawyers in the Real Estate, Eminent Domain, and Land Use/Zoning practice areas; has been named as a band one leader in real estate in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; and was selected as 2009 Lawyer of the Year for Alaska Real Estate in The Best Lawyers in America.

Don serves on the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association and is active in the Alaska Pro Bono Program. Don has served on a number of civic committees over the years, including serving as president and board member of Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Inc.; as a Campfire Alaska Council Project volunteer; as a member of the Honorary Board of Directors of the Alaska Youth and Parent Foundation; as a member of the Board of Directors of the Family Resource Center; and as a FRC Liaison with the Alaska Mental Health Land Trust.

Don has litigated several reported cases before the Alaska Supreme Court, the Alaska Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals:

• South Anchorage Concerned Coalition, Inc. v. Municipality of
  Anchorage Bd. of Adjustment, 172 P.3d 768 (Alaska 2007)
• South Anchorage Concerned Coalition, Inc. v. Municipality of Anchorage Bd. of Adjustment, 172 P.3d 774 (Alaska 2007)
  
• Marlow v. Municipality of Anchorage, 889 P.2d 599 (Alaska 1995)
  
• Corder v. Howard Johnson & Co., 53 F.3d 225 (9th Cir. 1994)
  
• Corder v. Howard Johnson & Co., 37 F.3d 550 (9th Cir. 1994)
  
• State v. Northwestern Const., Inc., 741 P.2d 235 (Alaska 1987)
  
• Contreras v. State, 718 P.2d 129 (Alaska 1986)
  
• Jacko v. State, 689 P.2d 506 (Alaska App. 1984)
  
• Ship Creek Hydraulic Syndicate v. State, Dep’t of Transp. and Public Facilities, 685 P.2d 715 (Alaska 1984)
  
• Pena v. State, 664 P.2d 169 (Alaska App. 1983)
  
• Irby-Northface v. Com. Elec. Co., 664 P.2d 557 (Alaska 1983)

Don won the Oberman Writing Award for best third year paper at Harvard Law School. In 2006, Don received the Robert K. Hickerson Public Service Award for his pro bono services.