James Friderici
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Secretary: Dru Lippert

Litigation experience in the U.S. Coast Guard on government contracts, oil spill cleanups, administrative law concerning marine safety regulations, and fisheries laws including forfeiture actions against over twenty foreign flag vessels. Government contracts included claims on all new facilities built as part of the support by the Coast Guard for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

Private practice involves extensive litigation experience defending tort claims against architects, engineers, real estate brokers, and other professionals. Defense work includes defense of products liability and negligence claims for both personal injury and property damage. Defense work includes a speciality of fire litigation with involvement in many of the major fire losses in Alaska since 1982 throughout Alaska. Fire experience includes both structure fires and wild fires. Additional experience on negligence claims includes trial experience in both state and federal court including declaratory judgment actions for various insurers, concerning insurance coverage.

Private practice includes extensive dealing with coverage questions for various insurers on all types of insurance policies. This has involved coverage opinions, defense of bad faith actions, defense and prosecution of primary-excess litigation between insurers, and defense of insurance disputes which spin off from adverse trial results by others.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Delaney Wiles, Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska - 1982 to Present

Commander (dl), 17th Coast Guard District
Anchorage, Alaska - 1978 - 1982

Commander (dl), 17th Coast Guard District
Juneau, Alaska - 1977 - 1978

Rescue Coordination Center Controller, Commander (osr), 9th Coast Guard District, Cleveland, Ohio - 1973-1974

Commanding Officer, USCG Loran Station
Cape Sarichef, Alaska - 1972 - 1973

Operations Officer, Navigator, USCGC CONIFER (WLB-301)
Portsmouth, Virginia - 1970 - 1972

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

• U.S. Army Basic Procurement Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1977
• U.S. Army Advanced Procurement Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1978
• Various seminars since 1982 involving torts including liability and damages
• Taught various seminars on insurance coverage in Alaska including bad faith litigation

Our Attorneys: James Friderici