Attorneys

Andy Erickson

Partner
Andy Erickson wears a dark blue jacket with small pinstripes, light blue shirt, and a dark blue tie with a yellow horse head pattern. He has a dark blonde hair and beard.
Andy Erickson
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I provide solutions by carefully researching and analyzing issues.

Andy is an experienced litigator with a focus on administrative practice, corporate and municipal law, Alaska Native subsistence law, and appeals. He has been a partner at Landye Bennett Blumstein since 2024.

Andy has successfully litigated cases on behalf of Alaska Native Corporations and Alaska Tribes at all levels of the Alaska state and federal courts, including defending Alaska Native subsistence hunting and fishing rights. He currently represents several Alaska Native entities and individuals in lawsuits aimed at protecting customary and traditional uses of fish and game throughout the state.

Before joining Landye Bennett Blumstein as an associate in 2016, Andy served as a law clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court and worked as a policy fellow in the U.S. Senate, focusing on natural resource issues in the West. He has a law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School and a master’s degree in environmental policy from Oxford University. Andy is a 2007 Harry S. Truman Scholar from Montana.

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Andy enjoys backcountry skiing, mountain biking, and being in the wilderness having fun, preferably on a mountain.
Recognized in Appellate Practice.
Admitted to Practice
  • State of Alaska
  • State of Montana
  • U.S. District Court, District of Alaska
  • United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • United States Supreme Court
Education
  • Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., 2013
  • University of Oxford, M.Sc., 2009
  • The University of Montana, B.A., 2008
Memberships & Recognition
  • Alaska Bar Association
  • Anchorage Bar Association
  • Montana State Bar
  • Harry S. Truman Scholar, 2007
  • Associate Editor, Environmental Law, 2012-13; member, Ninth Circuit Review, 2011-12
  • O’Rourke Award, 2013, for best original research in environmental and natural resources law
  • Environmental Advocate of the Year Competition, 2013 (argued a moot court case before Chief Justice John Roberts)
  • Alaska Legal Elite since 2023
Additional
Publications

Wild Land Policy in the Twenty-first Century: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been, 25 Colo. Nat. Resources, Energy, & Envtl. L. Rev. 1 (2014) (with Michael C. Blumm)

Dam Removal in the Pacific Northwest: Lessons for the Nation, 42 Envtl. L. 1043 (2012) (with Michael C. Blumm)

Grizzly Bear Recovery, Whitebark Pine, and Adequate Regulatory Mechanisms Under the Endangered Species Act, 42 Envtl. L. 943 (2012)