Areas of Practice

• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• DUI
• Litigation & Appeals
• Military Justice
• Personal Injury
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• All Felonies
• All Misdemeanors

Litigation Percentage

• 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Alaska, 1983
• U.S. District Court District of Alaska
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• Howard University School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1983
  J.D.
  
  
• University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, 1977
  B.A.
  
  
• Florida Junior College, Jacksonville, Florida, 1975
  A.A.
  Honors: Phi Theta Kappa
  Honors: With Honors
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Adjunct Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1990 - 2006
• Adjunct Professor, Anchorage Community College, 1985
• Teaching Assistant, Howard University School of Law, 1981 - 1983

Honors and Awards

• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who Among Practicing Attorneys
• Who's Who in American Law
• Who's Who in the West
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award
• Major Tony Knowles, Public Service Award
• Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, Certificate of Appreciation
• Featured in Black Enterprise Magazine, October
• Outstanding Young Men of America
• Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
• Peer selected, Best Lawyers in America, 2007
• Diploma for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy
• Appointed Lawyer Representative, 9th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Alaska Bar Associatoin
  
  
• Anchorage Bar Association, 1983 - Present
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, 1985 - Present
  Member
  
  
• National Bar Association, 1986 - Present
  Member
  
  
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1986 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1984 - Present
  Sustaining Member
  
  
• Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1983 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Eagle River Missionary Baptist Church, 1997 - Present
  Trustee Board
  
  
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1990 - Present
  Life Member
  
  
• Mt. KcKinley Lion's International, 1989 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Akeela House Board of Directors, 1985 - 1986
  Member
  
  
• Omega Psi Phi, 1985 - Present
  Life Member
  
  
• Center for Drug Problems, 1986 - 1988
  
  
• Mayors Anti-Gang & Youth Violence Policy Team
  Member
  
  
• Federal Bar Association, Alaska Chapter
  Member, (President, 1985-1986)
  
  
• Brotherhood, Inc.
  Director
  
  
• NAACP, Alaska Chapter
  Director
  
  
• Anchorage Telephone Commissoin
  
  
• Appointed District Counselor 12th Circuit, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Rex Lamont Butler and Associates, Inc., P.C., 1985 - Present
• State of Alaska, Attorney General's Office, Assistant Attorney General, 1984 - 1985
• State of Alaska, Legislative Assistant, 1984
• Jesse Jackson for President Committee-Alaska, General Counsel, 1984
• M. Ashley Dickerson, Inc., Associate, 1983
• Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, Law Clerk, 1982 - 1983
• United States Navy, Hospital Corpsman, 1969 - 1973
• Anchorage Telephone Utility Commission, 1985 - 1986

Fraternities/Sororities

• Omega Psi Phi
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Phi Theta Kappa

Birth Information

• March 24, 1951, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America