Lori Colbert

Lori Colbert is a lifelong Alaskan. She is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, where she earned an undergraduate degree in political science, and Willamette University College of Law, where she earned her law degree.

Lori served for eight years as the co-chair of the Family Law Section of the Alaska Bar Association. Lori is active in the American Bar Association Family Law Section, where she has served on the Continuing Legal Education Committee, Member Benefit Committee (member and co-chair) and the Diversity Committees (member, vice-chair and co-chair). She also served for six years as a member of the Council for the American Bar Association Family Law Section.

Lori is currently the Alaska State Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates where she is a member of the Nominating Committee and the Steering Committee for the Nominating Committee. Lori is also a member of the Alaska Association of Collaborative Professionals, the International Association of Collaborative Professionals and the American Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. Lori was the 2020 Recipient of the Alaska Bar Association Bryan P. Timbers Pro Bono Award.

Lori’s practice focuses on family law. She has many years of experience in a range of family issues, including adoptions and family formation, surrogacy, and family formation issues such as pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She also has many years of experience doing trials and participating in settlement conferences and mediations in the areas of divorce, child custody, child support, interstate custody, relocation cases, qualified domestic relation orders (QDROs), and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) cases. She is also trained in mediation. She has appeared on and moderated various panels for the Alaska Bar Association and for the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Lori is the proud mother of two daughters and grandmother to two grandsons who keep her quite busy. Her community activities include membership at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, chair of the board of directors of Shiloh Community Development, Inc. and she is currently serving her second term as president of the Alaska Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.