E. Barrett Ristroph

Barrett works as a lawyer and planner with Alaska Native Villages and other entities to support climate change adaptation (including relocation), increased jurisdiction, natural resource protection, and the appropriate use of indigenous knowledge. She also serves as counsel to Gazewood and Weiner, P.C., and as a mediator for the Alaska Superior Court in Fairbanks. She completed a Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii-Manoa on how Alaska Native Villages are adapting to climate change and how laws and planning help or hinder. Originally from Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA, she has gained perspective from living and working in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Hawaii, Arctic Alaska and Russia. She now lives in Fairbanks, Alaska with her husband, Chief Pj Simon, and their son Magnus. Through her work, she hopes to build bridges between communities in South Louisiana, Alaska, and the Pacific Islands that are struggling with climate change and the need for sustainable development.

• Mediation

• Contingent Fees

Alaska

Since 2008

Louisiana

Since 2004

Pennsylvania

Since 2005

Alaska Bar Association  # 0811088

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