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James N. Leik Of Counsel

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Anchorage

D +1.907.263.6923

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Anchorage

1029 West Third Avenue, Suite 300

Anchorage, AK 99501-1981

+1.907.263.6923

JLeik@perkinscoie.com

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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

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.)

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

Hon. Donald Lay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1980 - 1981

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Duke University School of Law, J.D., with distinction, Order of the Coif, 1980, Note and Comment Editor, Duke Law Journal
University of Montana, B.A., with high honors, 1977

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