Jim Leik, a of counsel in the firm's Litigation and Product Liability practices, focuses on commercial litigation, energy & environmental litigation, product liability litigation and other civil litigation matters.
Ranked by Chambers & Best Lawyers
Named “Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America, 2022
Ranked by Chambers USA Ten Years in a Row
Professional Recognition
- Listed “Product Liability Litigation Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America, 2022
- Ranked by Chambers USA as “America’s Leading Lawyer" for Commercial Litigation, 2014 – 2023
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Environmental; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2007 – 2024
- Listed in Super Layers Magazine as an "Alaska Super Lawyer," 2007 – 2022
- Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
(AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)
Professional Leadership
- Alaska Bar Association, Chair, Tort Section, 2002 – 2009; Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section; Administrative Law Section; Law Examiners Committee, 1994 – 1997
- Alaska Pattern Civil Jury Instruction Committee, 1988 – 2022; Chairman, 2015 – 2022
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Tort/Insurance Practice Section, and Environmental, Energy & Resources Section
Clerkships
- Hon. Donald Lay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1980 - 1981