Bonnie J. Paskvan

Bonnie draws upon her over three decades of in-house and private practice legal experience to find strategic solutions for her Alaska native corporation, telecom, municipal, and commercial clients.

Bonnie’s primary goal as outside general counsel or City Attorney to her clients is to provide timely, practical, and cost-effective advice and strategic solutions, with a focus on effective enterprise risk management. Her practice includes complex commercial, M&A, board governance, corporate compliance, municipal, finance, and other transactional matters within a variety of industries, including telecom, banking and finance, among others. She has significant experience working with Alaska Native Corporations and Municipalities, and currently serves as Co-chair of Dorsey’s firm-wide Indian & Alaska Native Law Practice Group.

Prior to joining Dorsey in 2018, Bonnie was general counsel for Anchorage-based Calista Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation representing over 24,000 shareholders that serves as parent to dozens of subsidiaries engaged in a wide range of industries, including government contracting, construction, real estate, telecommunications, environmental and natural resource development, and oil field services.

Bonnie also previously served as the chief legal officer for The Alaska Wireless Network, a startup wholesale wireless telecommunications company, and as corporate counsel for General Communication, Inc., the largest telecommunications and technology company in Alaska. Prior to her in-house roles, Bonnie spent 14 years in private practice at Hartig, Rhodes, Norman, Mahoney & Edwards, P.C.

Two of Bonnie’s ground-breaking advocacy accomplishments include initiating the Alaska Model Entities Transaction Act, and co-initiating SB24, the bill to allow virtual and hybrid corporate shareholder and non-profit member meetings, both of which have been enacted into Alaska Statute for increased business and non-profit flexibility, moving Alaska law into the 21st Century.

Bonnie currently serves as Dorsey’s Anchorage Office Head and is the Diversity Partner for the Anchorage office.