Robert P. Blasco, Director
Email: rpblasco@hsgblaw | Phone: 866-974-0390
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatingSM by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Elected Fellow in the International Society of Barristers
- National Faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) since 1985 teaching Trial Advocacy, Deposition, Expert Witness, and Mediation programs
Robert P. Blasco graduated with honors from the University of Maryland Law School and clerked for the Maryland trial courts. He has practiced law in Alaska since 1977 in all of the Judicial Districts in the Alaska state courts, in the Alaska Supreme Court, in the Federal District Court for Alaska, and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.
Before joining the firm in 1988, Mr. Blasco served as a Supervising Attorney for the Alaska Legal Services Corporation, as a State Assistant Public Defender, and as a State Assistant District Attorney. In these positions, Mr. Blasco conducted class action litigation and many jury trials, including trials as long as eight months.
Mr. Blasco offers diverse experience in trial work, appellate representation, and litigation. His clients and cases involve business and contract concerns and litigation, construction claims and disputes, products liability and personal injury defense, defense of employers, representation and defense of school districts, medical centers and hospitals, and representation of Alaska Native Corporations in state and federal court. Mr. Blasco has served as trial counsel for the state of Alaska in constitutional challenges to state statutes and in the defense of state agencies.
In addition to his general litigation practice, Mr. Blasco represents many of the small Southeast Alaska municipalities as their Municipal Attorney for municipal matters and in defending the municipalities in litigation. He has served in that capacity for several of the municipalities since 1992.
Mr. Blasco teaches trial advocacy and deposition programs as a member of the National Faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has taught on several occasions at the national trial advocacy session in Colorado, on a regular basis in Chicago and Los Angeles, and by invitation in New Zealand. In addition to trial advocacy and deposition programs, Mr. Blasco has taught programs related to expert witnesses and mediation.
Areas of practice
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Alaska Supreme Court cases
- City of Skagway v. Robertson, 143 P. 3rd 965 (Alaska 2006)
- Button v. Haines Borough, 208 P. 3d 194 (Alaska 2009)
- Morgan v. Fortis Benefits Insurance Co., 107 P.3d 267 (Alaska 2005)
- Alaska General Alarm, Inc. v. Grinnell, 1 P.3d 98 (Alaska 2000)
- Linstad v. Sitka School District, 963 P. 2d 246 (Alaska 1998)
- State Department of Health and Social Services v. Sandsness, 72 P.3d 299 (Alaska 2003)
- Hickel v. Southeast Conference, 846 P. 2d 38 (Alaska 1992)
- State v. Murtaugh, 169 P. 3d 602 (Alaska 2007)
- Confederated Tribes & Bands of Yakima Indian Nation v. Baldridge, 91 F. 3d 1366 (9th Cir. 1996)
- Zartman v. State, 667 P. 2d 1256 (Alaska App. 1983)
- Gutterman v. First National Bank, 597 P. 2d 969 (Alaska 1979)
Admitted
- Alaska, 1977
- U.S. District Court, District of Alaska, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1991
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., with honors, May 1977
- University of Maryland, College Park, B.S., Early Childhood Education, B.S., Psychology, August 1971–June 1973
- United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Dean's list, intercollegiate baseball, June 1969–June 1971
Professional service
- Alaska Bar Association, Special Bar Discipline Counsel
- Juneau Bar Association
- Trial Attorneys of America (TAA)
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- National Faculty Member, 1985–present
- Teaching Trial Advocacy, Deposition, Expert Witness, and Mediation programs
- Appointed to Mediation Committee for the Alaska Supreme Court
- International Society of Barristers, Elected Fellow
Professional experience
- Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Alaska, 1990–1992
- Assistant District Attorney, State of Alaska, Juneau and Ketchikan, 1984–1988
- Partner, Keene Currall & Blasco, Ketchikan, Alaska, April 1983–April 1984
- Assistant Public Defender, Ketchikan, July 1980–March 1983
- Supervising Attorney, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Ketchikan, June 1979–July 1980
- Staff Attorney, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Juneau and Sitka, August 1977-May 1979
Born
Washington, DC, March 5, 1951
Defending and promoting businesses, industry, and community groups across the nation
Contact the experienced commercial, litigation, administrative, legislative, and lobbying professionals of Hoffman Silver Gilman & Blasco for the highest quality and cost-effective defense and representation of businesses, companies, and state and municipal governments and agencies.
