 Lifelong Alaskan has Statewide Experience as Criminal Prosecutor May 01, 2002
"I am pleased to have such an experienced Alaska lawyer to head the criminal division at the Department of Law," Botelho said. "Having tried criminal cases from Ketchikan to Barrow, Pat Gullufsen will serve the state well in this new position." Gullufsen served as assistant district attorney in the Fairbanks District Attorney's office for four years, and five years as district attorney for the First Judicial District in Juneau. During his years as a prosecutor, Gullufsen tried criminal cases in Ketchikan, Kake, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, Hoonah, Haines, Skagway, Yakutat, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Tok, Delta Junction, and Barrow. Gullufsen spent seven years in private practice in Juneau as a partner in the law firm of Gullufsen & Nave, which specialized primarily in civil practice and performed some criminal defense work. Since 1992, Gullufsen has served as an assistant attorney general in the governmental affairs section of the Department of Law's civil division in Juneau, where he has specialized in labor and employment litigation. "I look forward to working with the dedicated and hard working public servants in the Department of Law's criminal division," Gullufsen said. "I believe my statewide experience as a prosecutor will be of value in this new position and I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Alaska." Gullufsen, 55, is a lifelong Alaskan whose parents were also born in Alaska. Raised in Juneau, he graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in history and political science. He obtained his law degree from the University of Washington Law School in 1973. As head of the criminal division, he will earn $91,600 per year.
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