Ann Gifford

Ann Gifford
Attorney
907.523.6133
907.586.8090 fax

agifford@faulknerbanfield.com

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Ms. Gifford joined Faulkner Banfield, P.C. in 1984, after serving as a law clerk to Senior Justice John Dimond and Justice Allen Compton of the Alaska Supreme Court. Her practice focuses on representation of school districts, non-profit organizations and businesses. Ms. Gifford’s clients appreciate her ability to provide quick, practical solutions for their educational and management dilemmas, as well as the writing and editorial skills she employs to help them develop policies and other official communications. Ms. Gifford is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on education and employment law topics.

Recent seminars Ms. Gifford has presented include the following:

Cyberbullying, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2010

Everything You Wanted to Know About Random Drug Testing, but were Afraid to Ask, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2009

Email: Love It or Hate It, but Handle with Care, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2008

Waving the "Bong Hits" Banner: Student Speech Rights After Morse, National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys, 2007

Public Employee Free Speech Rights After Garcetti v. Ceballos, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2007

Practical Pointers for Negotiations, Alaska Association of School Administrators, 2006

Current Trends in Special Education Litigation, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2006

Professional Associations
and Public Service

Ms. Gifford serves on the Civil Rules Advisory Committee to the Alaska Supreme Court. She is a past President of the Juneau Bar Association and belongs to a number of professional organizations, including the National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys and the Labor and Employment section of the American Bar Association. Ms. Gifford enjoys volunteering with a variety of organizations including the Juneau School District and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. She also serves as a fund-raising co-chair for Alaska Legal Services.

Past Employment

Alaska Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1983-1984

Education

J.D. with honor 1983
University of Wyoming College of Law

Order of the Coif

Editor in Chief, Land and Water Law Review, 1982-1983

B.A. History 1979
Rice University, Houston, Texas

Certificate of Training in Mediation, 2009. Straus Institute, Pepperdine University

Admitted to Practice

Alaska State Courts

United States District Court, District of Alaska

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

United States Supreme Court

Ms. Gifford joined Faulkner Banfield, P.C. in 1984, after serving as a law clerk to Senior Justice John Dimond and Justice Allen Compton of the Alaska Supreme Court. Her practice focuses on representation of school districts, non-profit organizations and businesses. Ms. Gifford’s clients appreciate her ability to provide quick, practical solutions for their educational and management dilemmas, as well as the writing and editorial skills she employs to help them develop policies and other official communications. Ms. Gifford is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on education and employment law topics.

Recent seminars Ms. Gifford has presented include the following:

Cyberbullying, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2010
Everything You Wanted to Know About Random Drug Testing, but were Afraid to Ask, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2009
Email: Love It or Hate It, but Handle with Care, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2008
Waving the "Bong Hits" Banner: Student Speech Rights After Morse, National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys, 2007
Public Employee Free Speech Rights After Garcetti v. Ceballos, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2007
Practical Pointers for Negotiations, Alaska Association of School Administrators, 2006
Current Trends in Special Education Litigation, Association of Alaska School Boards, 2006

Professional Associations
and Public Service

Ms. Gifford serves on the Civil Rules Advisory Committee to the Alaska Supreme Court. She is a past President of the Juneau Bar Association and belongs to a number of professional organizations, including the National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys and the Labor and Employment section of the American Bar Association. Ms. Gifford enjoys volunteering with a variety of organizations including the Juneau School District and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. She also serves as a fund-raising co-chair for Alaska Legal Services.