Anchorage attorney S. Lane Tucker has been nominated to serve as the top federal law enforcement officer in Alaska, the White House announced Wednesday.
S. Lane Tucker has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the U.S. Attorney for Alaska.
S. Lane Tucker has been nominated to serve as the top federal law enforcement officer in Alaska, the White House announced Wednesday.since late December. Before that, the position was filled by an assistant U.S. attorney. Tucker has been a partner since 2010 in the Anchorage office of Stoel Rives LLP, a business law firm headquartered in Oregon. Her expertise is in white-collar prosecution and defense, federal government contracts, Small Business Administration matters and construction litigation, according to the firm’s website.
She previously worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska from 2002 to 2006, first as an assistant U.S. attorney and then as the civil chief.The White House said Tucker and were “chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experience and credentials in this field, their dedication to pursuing equal justice for all, and their commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice.”
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