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FOONDLE v. O'BRIEN

No. S-15045.

346 P.3d 970 (2015)

William M. FOONDLE, Appellant, v. Angela M. O'BRIEN, Daniel B. Lord, Joe S. Montague, and Quinlan G. Steiner, Executive Director of the Alaska Public Defender Agency, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Foondle, Appellant, Minot, North Dakota, pro se.

Ali Moser Rahoi , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

William Foondle appeals the superior court's dismissal of his claims for legal malpractice against the public defenders who represented him in a criminal case. In dismissing Foondle's malpractice claims, the superior court relied on the public policy principle that precludes criminally...

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