PROFILE

Mr. Moran has been with the firm since 1978. His practice is concentrated in the commercial areas of banking, real estate, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and public utilities.

PRACTICE DESCRIPTION

For over 30 years, Mr. Moran has served as primary counsel to First Bank, an Alaska commercial bank serving the Southeastern Alaska Panhandle. For the same length of time, he has represented Wells Fargo (formerly known as National Bank of Alaska) on loan documentation and loan collection projects involving both commercial and residential transactions. He has also represented Northrim Bank with respect to documenting commercial loans, deposit account and vendor support matters.  He also represents Alaska USA Federal Credit Union with respect to loan documentation issues. Recently, Mr. Moran was selected by First National Bank Alaska, the largest family owned national bank in the state, to represent the bank on collection matters.

Mr. Moran also serves as counsel to Alaska Growth Capital (Bidco), Inc., which is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC), formed for the purpose of providing financing to business entities in the State of Alaska. Mr. Moran also represents Harland Financial Services in the State of Alaska, which provides computerized commercial and consumer loan documentation programs nationwide.

In the public utility arena, Mr. Moran represents Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative, Inc., with respect to local, long distance, cellular and internet matters.  He also represents Alaska Waste and Alaska Pacific Environmental Services Anchorage, LLC, which together provide residential and commercial refuse hauling services in every major Alaska area.

Mr. Moran has provided legal counsel to a variety of clients, from title agencies to large shopping center property managers to commercial lenders. As a result of representing these clients, he has gained a wide range of experience in real estate secured transactions, lien law and title insurance coverage and foreclosure matters.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Alaska Telephone Association
          
• Alaska Forest Association
• Archdiocese of Anchorage Finance Council
• Catholic Social Services (1992-2008)

EDUCATION

• University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 1977
• Gonzaga University School of Law, 1974-1975
• Seattle University, B.A., Business Finance, Magna Cum Laude, 1974

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

• Alaska Bar Association
• United States District Court for the District of Alaska
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court