Focused, flexible, creative legal and business solutions
Philosophy
The firm has the flexibility to draw from whatever resources are necessary for any given matter, allowing it to assemble multi-specialized teams that can go toe-to-toe in litigation with the most powerful industries.
Practice Areas
Business Advice and Consulting
Jim represents and advises businesses in a broad range of capacities.
Business Litigation
Jim represents businesses in the prosecution and defense of claims in both state and federal courts.
State of Alaska Litigation
Mr. Fosler was instrumental in establishing the State of Alaska’s practice of retaining outside counsel.
Milestone Cases
British Petroleum
Jim brought the landmark shareholder derivative case against British Petroleum arising from a series of significant safety, environmental, and operational disasters.
Average Wholesale Price Litigation
Jim was retained by the State of Alaska to bring claims against 41 of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world for artificially inflating the average wholesale price of their drugs.
Alaska v. Merck (Vioxx)
Jim was retained by the State of Alaska to prosecute claims Merck for consumer protection violations in the marketing and sale of Merck’s blockbuster drug Vioxx.
Time Warner/AOL
Jim represented five Alaska-based institutional funds in an opt out action over the disastrous AOL/Time Warner merger.
Exxon Valdez (Governors’ Appeal)
Jim had the privilege of representing four former Alaska State Governors before the United States Supreme Court in the Exxon Valdez case.
In re Boiler Chicken and Pork Antitrust Litigation
Jim was hired by the State of Alaska to file antitrust and consumer protection claims against 31 of largest chicken producers and 17 of the largest pork producers in the country.
James E. Fosler, ESQ