Christopher E. Zimmerman is a 1971 graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Dickinson School of Law in 1974. Upon graduation, he entered active duty with the United States Army serving as prosecutor, defense attorney, and legal assistance officer at Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks. After a four-year stint in the Army, Chris entered private practice in Fairbanks in 1978. He engaged in general practice doing both civil and criminal work. In March 1985 Chris was appointed as a judge in the Alaska District Court. Chris left the bench and joined the firm in April 1990. He is a member of the Alaska and Pennsylvania (non-resident active) Bars and Tanana Valley bar Association. He is past president of the Tanana Valley Bar Association.

Chris’s practice focuses on general and complex litigation, including civil, insurance defense, and criminal work. He also practices commercial law representing credit unions, banks, and businesses.

John Foster Wallace graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with his B.A. in 1989 and received his J.D. in law from Northeastern University School of Law in 1992.

Foster is a member of the Tanana Valley, Alaska, and Maryland Bar Associations. Foster’s practice includes Plaintiff personal injury, real estate law, criminal law, workers’ compensation defense and general civil litigation including select insurance defense.

Lawrence F. Reger graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1995 and from the University of Montana School of Law in 1998.

He worked as a law clerk for Alaska Superior Court Judge Charles R. Pengilly from 1998-2000. After his clerkship, Lawrence worked for three years as an associate attorney at Niewohner & Associates, P.C., and developed specialties in the areas of criminal defense and domestic relations matters.

In 2003, Lawrence opened his own practice, the Law Office of Lawrence F. Reger, focusing primarily on litigation and trial work in criminal defense and domestic relations matters.

He joined the firm in the fall of 2008 and continues his practice of general litigation with an emphasis in criminal and family law.

Constance Cates Ringstad graduated from the University of Denver with a B.A. in 1980 and from the University of California Hastings College of the Law with a J.D. in 1983. Connie was admitted to practice law in California in 1983 and in Alaska in 1984. She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court.

Originally from California, Connie moved to Fairbanks in 1983 and has resided here since. She is a member of both the Alaska and California Bar Associations. Connie’s legal background is primarily in civil litigation, appeals, insurance defense, and workers compensation cases.

Amy J. Tallerico graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Political Science. She earned her Juris Doctor (Cum Laude) from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, with a concentration in Litigation.

She was an intern for the Fairbanks District Attorney’s office and the former Law Office of Downes, MacDonald, and Levengood. Prior to joining Zimmerman & Wallace, Amy worked as a law clerk for the Honorable David C. Stewart of the Alaska Court of Appeals where she worked on a variety of criminal law issues. She is admitted to practice in Alaska and the U.S. District Court. Amy is a member of the Alaska Bar Association, the Tanana Valley Bar Association (TVBA), and the Young Lawyers Section of the TVBA.

She is currently an officer in both the TVBA and the Fairbanks Young Lawyers Section. Since joining the firm, Amy has focused her work on both civil and criminal litigation. She handles a variety of legal issues including personal injury, criminal defense, family law/domestic relations, landlord/tenant issues, and wills and estates.

Paul A. Barrett is of counsel. He received an engineering degree (cum laude) from the University of Michigan in 1969 and a law degree (magna cum laude) from the same university in 1973.

He moved to Alaska immediately upon receipt of his law degree and has practiced here until retiring from the active practice of law. He initially practiced in Anchorage and Valdez and has been in Fairbanks since 1978. Paul belongs to the American, Alaska and Tanana Valley Bar Associations. His primary areas of emphasis were insurance defense litigation and general civil litigation. Paul is currently enjoying a sabbatical from the practice of law.

Kim S. Stone is of counsel. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1991 and from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1998. She is admitted to practice in Alaska, Oregon (inactive), and the U.S. District Court in Alaska.

Prior to coming to practice at Zimmerman and Wallace, Kim worked as a law clerk for Alaska Superior Court Judge Donald D. Hopwood and then as an Attorney Advisor with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Executive Office of Immigration Review in Seattle, Washington. Upon returning to Alaska, Kim represented the State of Alaska in statewide criminal appeals for the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals in Anchorage, followed by trial work through the Fairbanks District Attorney’s Office.

Since joining the firm, Kim has focused her work upon civil defense and workers’ compensation cases. Kim is currently enjoying a sabbatical from the practice of law.