Peter Sandberg

Associate
Extension: 694
Email: psandberg@jdolaw.com
Assistant: Leslie Jones, Ext. 622

Peter Sandberg, a lifelong Alaskan, is an associate in the firm’s litigation group. Peter represents businesses, public institutions and individuals in a wide variety of litigated matters, with a particular emphasis on tort and civil rights claims, class actions, unfair trade practice claims, intellectual property disputes and other general business and employment matters. Peter regularly appears in court on behalf of the firm’s clients and has experience with trials, arbitrations and appeals. Some of Peter’s recent accomplishments include:

• Drafted successful summary judgment motion establishing that the Anchorage Assembly had violated its own ethics rules in rezoning a parcel of land for a proposed Wal-Mart development.
• Drafted substantial portions of appellate briefing in a precedent-setting case before the Alaska Supreme Court establishing the legal rule in Alaska for when police officers are entitled to immunity for the use of force with co-counsel.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of employer in a wage and hour dispute.
• Drafted substantial portions of a successful arbitration brief that established violations of Alaska trade name / trademark laws.

Areas of Expertise

• Civil Litigation

Education

• J.D., University of Colorado - Boulder, 2006
• B.S., University of Colorado-Boulder, 2002

Bar Admissions

• Alaska

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of Alaska