About Anthony Banker

Anthony Banker is a trial lawyer who devotes his practice to helping people who have been injured or exploited. Over the past 20 years, he has litigated several hundred cases involving negligence, maritime injuries, wrongful death, product liability, insurance bad faith, professional liability, lender liability, and fraud. Anthony graduated cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington. He was awarded a Dean's Honors Scholarship and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Gonzaga Law Review.

He is admitted to practice law in the courts of Alabama, Alaska, and Tennessee. Most cases are resolved through negotiation and mediation, but Anthony also routinely tries cases to judges and juries throughout Alaska. He has also tried cases in Tennessee and Alabama. Anthony has been appointed to serve as an arbitrator in cases brought by other lawyers and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Alaska, Anchorage where he taught a course in civil litigation.

He was also named to the Board of Directors for the Anchorage Bar Association. Anthony feels particularly honored to represent working men and women and their families, as he comes from “working family” roots. He spent summers working as a laborer with a concrete form erector crew and put himself through college working as many as three jobs at a time.

Anthony frequently sees working people lose the ability to work because of their injuries. He believes that injured workers need reliable personal injury lawyers to help them recover the compensation they are legally owed. Insurance companies do everything they can to stop that from happening, but Anthony is committed to securing favorable outcomes for his clients.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$3 millionSettlement

On July 1, 2018 Aaron Thomas Smith of Eagle River died on the Seward Highway when Alaska State Trooper Richard Chambers, spotting a speeding car going the other way, braked hard and pulled a U-turn across the highway in front of him. Troopers first blamed vehicles following too closely. In depositions, department officials conceded U-turn training was optional at the academy and Chambers had never had any in the field. The state's own settlement memo concluded it was liable. The State of Alaska settled with his widow for $3,000,000 in 2023.

Alaska Superior Court · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Gonzaga University School of Law
J.D.

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Alaska
State Bar of Alabama
State Bar of Tennessee

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Anchorage firms

The Law Offices of David Henderson
The Law Offices of David Henderson
$22 Million Federal Judgment for Alaska Woman Whose Heart Infection Was Missed, Refusing the $400,000 Cap
Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Inc.
Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Inc.
$21.1 Million Settlement for a Woman Who Lost All Four Limbs After a Shingles Misdiagnosis
Barber & Associates, LLC
Barber & Associates, LLC
$300,000 · $1.2 Million Scaffolding Fall Verdict, With the Plaintiff Found 75 Percent at Fault
Cashion Gilmore & Lindemuth
Cashion Gilmore & Lindemuth
$2 Million Settlement for Alaska Prisoner Paralyzed by Spinal Infection After Six Days of Ibuprofen
Reeves Amodio LLC
Reeves Amodio LLC
$2.85 Million Verdict for a Man Injured in a Chefornak Boiler Explosion, Against the Housing Authority

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.