Our Attorneys - Alaska Personal Injury Lawyers

The legal profession is essentially a 'people' business in several ways.  When you decide to trust someone with your legal needs after you've been wrongfully injured, you need to be able to feel comfortable with those you're working with as you pursue justice.  Below is a brief introduction to the Alaska personal injury lawyers you will come to know at Barber & Banker.

Jeff Barber

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Jeff Barber is an Alaska personal injury attorney who earned his law degree at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.  Jeff focuses his practice on personal injury cases, and he has handled innumerable matters that involved settlements, trials, catastrophic injuries and other personal injury matters.  Jeff is a member of the Alaska Bar Association and the Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers.  In his spare time, Jeff enjoys running, skiing, hiking, soccer and ecology.

When you meet with anyone who works with Barber & Banker, you should feel free to ask them questions regarding their experience, their values and their interests, as we want to make sure that everyone who decides to have us help them understands as much as they can about those who are fighting for their rights.

Anthony Banker

Anthony Banker is a trial lawyer who devotes his practice to people who have been injured or exploited. Over the past eleven years, he has litigated several hundred cases involving negligence, maritime injuries, wrongful death, product liability, insurance bad faith, professional liability, lender liability, and fraud.

Anthony earned his law degree, with honors, at Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington. He was awarded a Deans Honors Scholarship and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Gonzaga Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in the courts of Alabama, Alaska, and Tennessee. Anthony has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Alaska, Anchorage where he taught a course in civil litigation.

Anthony started practicing maritime law in 2001 with a firm representing international ship owners, operators, charterers, and P&I Clubs. His experience is not limited to the courtroom. Whenever crew were seriously injured near the port of Mobile, he conducted shipboard investigations for the ship owners P&I Club. Anthony has handled maritime cases involving accidents on board drill ships, bulk carriers, barges, tugs, fishing boats, tenders, container ships, and oil tankers. He learned, firsthand, how shipowners insurance companies move quickly to protect their financial interests. Anthonys temperament is much more suited to representing injured workers than insurance companies. Now, he uses everything he learned to protect injured crew members and their families.

In 2006, Anthony established the State of Alaskas Office of Elder Fraud. While he was working for the State, Anthony investigated more than 500 cases of fraud, and recovered more than 4.5 million dollars worth of assets for financially exploited elder Alaskans.

Anthony feels particularly honored to represent working men and women and their families. He comes from "working family" roots. He spent summers working as a laborer with a concrete form erector crew, and put himself through college working as many as three jobs at a time. Anthony frequently sees working people lose the ability to work because of injury. Injured workers need good lawyers to help them recover everything available under the law. Insurance companies do everything they can to stop that from happening. Anthony sees this fight as one worth devoting his lifes work to winning.

Steve Sims

Steve Sims is an attorney who earned his law degree at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.  He has been practicing personal injury law in Alaska for more than 25 years, and during that time he has successfully won millions of dollars in settlements and judgments.  Steve is a member of the Alaska Bar Association and has argued cases on behalf of clients throughout the state.  Steve has also successfully argued cases in front of the Alaska Supreme Court.

If you or someone you love has been injured because of someone else's negligence, you need to take immediate action.  Contact the Alaska personal injury lawyers at Barber & Banker today to schedule a free initial consultation.

Adam Winner

Adam Winner is a lifelong Alaskan who joined Barber & Banker in the spring of 2014. He earned his law degree at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. In law school, Adam was a sharp study and was selected as a Teachers Assistant for torts. Immediately after law school, Adam had the honor of serving as a law clerk for Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton.

Adam also graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, earning Bachelors Degrees in both Political Science and Spanish. After college, he returned to Anchorage and helped manage local and statewide elections. Adams study of political science in college, and work in politics after college, sparked his interest in the law and his desire to use it to help people. Outside of work, he enjoys an active Alaskan lifestyle with his wife Carla (and their dog) that includes running, biking, skiing, hiking, tennis, cooking, hockey, and fly-fishing.