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Understanding the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)


Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 General

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2021 Alaska Bar Convention
Faculty:
Rebecca Cain |  Christopher Kennedy |  Stacie Kraly |  Rachel Witty
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1 Hour 30 Minutes
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Rebecca Cain's Profile

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Rebecca Cain is a Chief Assistant Attorney General with the Department of Law. She joined the Department in 2003 and has worked in several sections of the Department representing agency clients in civil and administrative litigation. Rebecca currently supervises the Department’s Commercial, Fair Business and Child Support section. Rebecca received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Illinois, and her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 


Christopher Kennedy's Profile

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Administrative Law Judge Chris Kennedy was Deputy Chief of Alaska’s Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) from 2005 to 2018.  He is now serving as the panel’s tax judge.  Chris has been Alaska’s main participant and presenter at the annual Central Panel Directors Conference, which has given him a broad perspective on the diverse ways administrative adjudication is handled in other jurisdictions.  Prior to joining OAH, Chris spent 20 years in private and government practice, conducting administrative litigation in a variety of forums in Alaska and Maine.  He is a graduate of Harvard University and Berkeley Law.


Stacie Kraly's Profile

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Stacie Kraly graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1993. Upon graduation, she moved to Juneau, Alaska where she clerked for the Honorable Larry R. Weeks. She then worked in private practice at Robertson, Monagle and Eastaugh (1994 to1998) and at Faulkner Banfield (1998 to 2000) focusing primarily on municipal law. She started with the Alaska Department of Law in June of 2000 and was appointed Chief Assistant Attorney General of the Human Services Section in 2005.


Rachel Witty's Profile

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Rachel Witty is a Chief Assistant Attorney General for the Labor and State Affairs Section at the Department of Law. Rachel graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1997 and started her legal practice as an AmeriCorps attorney with Legal Services of the U.S. Virgin Islands. She later worked for private law firms in the Virgin Islands, Chicago, and Anchorage on matters ranging from insurance defense, employment, civil rights, and worker’s compensation. She joined the Department of Law in 2006 where she has advised and represented state agencies in administrative proceedings in the areas of procurement, vocational rehabilitation, occupational health and safety, wage and hour, employment security, and retirement and benefits.