After sustaining an injury on the job, most employees in Alaska will seek workers’ compensation. When it comes to workers’ compensation, it is crucial that employers and insurers deliver coverages in a fair and impartial way.

As you get to a point where you want to secure a future for your loved ones living in Alaska, you may be thinking about drafting a will and potentially setting up a trust. We at the Law Office of Justin S. Eppler, LLC have significant experience working in estate planning and we understand that there are a lot of ways to go about meeting your estate planning goals.

Workers’ compensation is something for which every state has laws and requirements. Each state manages its own system.

The waters in and around Alaska are alive with fish, fowl and workers. Working on the water is almost always a dangerous profession, but there are laws meant to help you if you’re injured doing one of Alaska’s maritime jobs.

Most Alaska residents would agree that thinking about their own deaths is not a pleasant experience. However, it is a necessary one in order to make sure that their families are taken care of after death.

An alarming percentage of the country’s population does not have an estate plan. More than likely, this includes a great number of Alaska residents.

Suffering an injury at work can be devastating. Whether you sustained an injury out on a fishing boat on Alaskan waters, at a construction site in Anchorage or more, you may feel unsure of where to go from here.

When a resident of Alaska dies, surviving family members will eventually need to turn their attentions to closing out his or her estate. If you are in this position, you may wonder what to expect from probate and estate administration.

Anchorage residents who decide to make plans to provide for their families after their deaths may believe their job is done once the documents are signed. That could be true in some cases, but if an individual’s estate planning included a trust, more work needs to be done.

What do people who work here in Alaska have in common with people who work anywhere else in the country? They all share the risk of suffering from certain on-the-job injuries.