Papay, Jacob A.

Associate Lori Colbert is a life-long Alaskan. She is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, California) and Willamette University College of Law (Salem, Oregon). She received an undergraduate degree in political science in 1986. She earned her law degree in 1989 from Willamette University. Lori joined Mendel & Huntington in September 1995 and Mendel & Associates in February 1997. Lori is currently serving her fifth year as co-chair of the Family Law Section of the Alaska Bar Association. Lori is the Vice-President for the M. Ashley Dickerson Chapter of the National Bar Association. She also serves on the Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Diversity Committee for the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Lori's practice focuses on family law. She has many years of trial experience in a range of family issues, including adoptions, divorce, child custody, child support, interstate custody, qualified domestic relations orders, and Indian Child Welfare Act cases. She recently appeared on the panel of an Alaska Bar Association program entitled "Family Law Practice: Can It Be Managed?" and on the panel for the Annual "Hot Tips" presentation of the Family Law Section for the American Bar Association. Lori's "Hot Tip" will be published in an upcoming issue of The Practical Lawyer.

Lori has two daughters who keep her quite busy. Her community activities include involvement in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Alaska Alumnae Chapter and membership at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church.