Your Family Matters to Us

We have the complete toolbox to help you build your future.

Our focus is on families. Anchorage family law lawyer Stefan Otterson can help you manage any family situation, no matter how complex or delicate, and we will make sure you get the right kind of assistance. Our goals:

Listen first.
Identify the right approach for you, whether it’s litigation, traditional legal settlement, mediation, collaborative law, or simply good advice.
Don’t make matters worse.
Serve you in a fast, friendly, and cost-efficient manner.
Do what you ask us to do.
Keep you informed at every step.

When you meet with us, we don’t start out with preconceived notions of what you need. In some cases, you will need representation in court, but we try to keep the door open to solve problems in other ways. We understand the downside to litigation, and we do everything we can to minimize the damage it can cause.

If you have to go to court, everyone should be able to have a good family law attorney on their side. Even the smartest, most capable people will have difficulty navigating the many technicalities and risks present in litigation. We do our best to make full representation affordable through wise use of highly educated and skilled staff. What happens to those that can’t afford a family law lawyer in Anchorage? We offer advice and services to those who represent themselves. Be sure to visit our Family Resource Center for links to information related to self-representation. Our trial preparation services include consultations with an attorney and/or paralegal, document preparation, editing, and letter writing.

Stefan Otterson J.D., MBA

Principal Attorney

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Stefan Otterson has lived and practiced law in Anchorage since 1988.

Stefan lived and worked in Europe for three years before attending the University of Utah, graduating suma cum laude in 1984 (he was the graduation speaker for that year). In 1988, he received both an MBA and Law Degree from the University of Utah Eccles School of Business and SJ Quinney School of Law. Stefan started out in private commercial legal practice, and then joined the Attorney General’s Office in 1990. There he was a child protection and juvenile delinquency prosecutor, and also represented the Divisions of Public Safety, Mental Health, and Medicaid.

Since 2000 Stefan has practiced family law in courts all over Southcentral, Southwest and Northwest Alaska.

Stefan is also trained in mediation and collaborative law, and has been a mediator for the court system, and was a child advocate (guardian ad litem) for over 12 years. Stefan now emphasizes mediation and collaborative law in the family law context, and adoption work. He does still take select litigation cases involving complex property matters, compelling child custody issues, adoption, or other relative placement issues. Stefan supervises associate attorneys who handle the bulk of the firm’s contested cases.