Caitlin Shortell
Attorney/Owner at Shortell Law LLC
J.D. 1999, Northeastern University School of Law;
B.A. 1994, Cum Laude, University of California at Berkeley.
Attorney/Owner at Shortell Law LLC
J.D. 1999, Northeastern University School of Law;
B.A. 1994, Cum Laude, University of California at Berkeley.
- I am an experienced Alaska lawyer with a commitment to civil rights and employee side representation.
- I was a judicial extern for Judge Maxine Chesney of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco and a judicial law clerk for Anchorage Superior Court Judge Stephanie Joannides. I worked at San Francisco law firm Gold, Bennett Cera, & Sidener on two complex multi-district class actions in antitrust and securities fraud.
- When I came home to Alaska in 2003, I worked as an Assistant Public Defender, an Assistant Attorney General, and at the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights before forming my own private practice in 2009, focused on employment and civil rights law.
- I have served family law clients around the State of Alaska, including complex high net worth individuals, LGBT clients, and pro bono cases for survivors of domestic violence.
- I have obtained monetary damages and other valuable remedies in hundreds of cases and have advanced the civil rights of Alaskans.
- In 2014, I was part of the legal team that assured same sex marriage rights in Alaska. Hamby v. Parnell, 56 F. Supp. 3d 1056 (D. Alaska 2014).
- I helped write and pass the Amended LGBT-inclusive Anchorage Equal Rights Ordinance (2015).
- In Smith v. Dunleavy et al., 3:19-cv-00298-HRH, I sued to stop the State of Alaska from denying same sex military spouses and dependents the PFD and achieved settlement (2021). abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/alaska-denied-benefits-gay-couples-court-rulings-77099491
- I represented a victim of sexual misconduct by a public official who shared her experience with the press, causing the official to resign and triggering a criminal investigation. www.propublica.org/article/sexual-misconduct-allegations-prompt-another-alaska-attorney-general-to-resign.
- Unlike most other firms in Alaska that represent corporations and government, I fight for the rights of individuals. I represent employees, survivors, and people experiencing discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
- I serve on the board of Identity Alaska and volunteer for Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
Please call (907) 272-8181 or email cs.sgalaw@gmail.com.
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