Nelson G. Page graduated from Georgetown University Law Center cum laude in 1978, where he was on the Board of Editors of the Georgetown Law Journal. He clerked for the honorable Warren W. Matthews, Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, and then joined the Anchorage law firm of Burr, Pease and Kurtz. His practice included regular representation of professionals in malpractice litigation. He was with the firm for 38 years and then became Bar Counsel for the Alaska State Bar in 2017. He served on the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar from 2013-2016 and was president of the Board in 2015-16. He is a frequent speaker on ethics issues.