Background
Wittow, Mark Howard was born on December 6, 1955 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Fred and Shirley Wittow.
Wittow, Mark Howard was born on December 6, 1955 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Fred and Shirley Wittow.
Hampshire College (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1988). Legal Methods Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1986-1988.
Editor, Harvard Environmental Law Review, 1986-1987.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Jerome Ferris, Ninth Circuit, United States. Court of Appeals, 1988-1989.
Associate Director of State/Federal Relations, Alaska Governor' General’ s Office, 1983-1985. Special Assistant to the Alaska Commission of Natural Resources.
1981-1983. Civil Litigation.
Natural Resources and Environmental.
Worked at Preston Gates & Ellis Limited Liability Partnership (Anchorage, Alaska) specializing in General Civil Practice. Administrative, State and Local Tax, General Municipal, State and Municipal Finance, Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, Mining, Environmental, Commercial, Banking, Contracts, Construction, Real Estate, Employment, Wage and Hour, Corporate and Business, Antitrust, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy, Maritime, Aviation and Personal Injury. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Washington.
1990, Alaska, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States. District Court, Western District of Washington and District of Alaska.
Editor, Harvard Environmental Law Review, 1986-1987. Author: "Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production in Alaska," Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law-The Year in Review, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 editions.
Adjunct Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage, Natural Resources Law, 1993.
Legal Methods Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1986-1988. Law Clerk to the Honorable Jerome Farris, Ninth Circuit, United States. Court of Appeals, 1988-1989.
Associate Director of State/Federal Relations, Alaska Governor" General’ s Office, 1983-1985.
Special Assistant to the Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources, 1981-1983. Member: Alaska (Member, Bar Examiners Committee), Washington State and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law.
Litigation) Bar Associations. Established in Seattle in 1883, Preston Gates & Ellis has provided legal services for Alaska clients for over fifty years.
The firm opened its Anchorage office in 1979.
The twelve attorneys in the Anchorage office provide legal services in a wide variety of commercial and civil practice areas, including such areas of particular importance to Alaskans as municipal finance, natural resources, environmental, commercial, oil and gas, mining, and personal injury. Firmwide, the offices in Anchorage, Seattle, Spokane, Coeur d"Alene, Portland, Los Angeles, Washington, District of Columbia and Hong Kong are integrally connected through state-of-the-art computer and telecommunications technology, which facilitates interoffice teamwork and provides clients with a full range of experience and legal resources to handle any project
Member: Alaska (Member, Bar Examiners Committee), Washington State and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law. Litigation) Bar Associations.
Married Gail C. Gatton.