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Practice Areas: Public Finance Law, Municipal Law, Public Utility and Regulatory Law, Banking, Commercial Finance, Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Land Use, Zoning

Additional Information: Mr. Klinkner’s practice focuses on public facilities and infrastructure financing, public-private collaboration in financing and operating capital projects, Alaska municipal government and Alaska public utility law.


Mr. Klinkner has served as general and special counsel to Alaska municipalities since 1977. His advice and assistance has covered competitive bidding and contracts; elections; the drafting of municipal charters and ordinances; intergovernmental relations; labor and employment; port and harbor facilities; real estate; taxation and special assessments; and zoning, subdivision and other land use controls.


He has represented water, sewer, electric and telephone utilities in proceedings before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, and in commercial matters including acquisitions, construction contracts, line extension agreements and supply contracts. In the realm of capital project financing, Mr. Klinkner has negotiated and drafted documents for ground leases, design-build agreements, power sales agreements and real estate purchases and exchanges.