Erik Grafe is the managing attorney of Earthjustice’s Alaska office. Erik joined Earthjustice in Juneau in September 2007 and helped open the Anchorage location in 2009.

Prior to joining Earthjustice, Erik worked in the New York and Moscow offices of a large international law firm, worked for a nonprofit legal services provider, and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Timothy M. Burgess of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska.

Erik’s work at Earthjustice has focused largely on protecting the Arctic’s federal lands and waters from oil development.