Schwabe Hires Associate for Alaska Native Law Services
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Schwabe welcomes Zach Forrester to the law firm’s Anchorage office as an Associate.
Forrester is an Indian Country and Alaska Native corporation lawyer who provides strategic counsel and advocacy. He has researched and written extensively on federal Indian and tribal issues. Forrester earned his JD at Willamette University College of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2023. Forrester served as a judicial law clerk conducting in-depth research on Alaska’s criminal law, preparing bench memos for panel discussions, and assisting in editing judicial orders and opinions.
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