With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our colleague and friend, Kyle Parker on September 19, 2024.
Kyle joined Holland & Hart in 2017, bringing with him a team to launch Holland & Hart’s Anchorage office where Kyle served as the office Administrative Partner for four years.
Kyle was raised in Northern Virginia and introduced to the beauty and majesty of Alaska as a child, igniting a passion for and love of The Last Frontier, its people, its culture, and its history which lasted a lifetime.
After graduating from law school in 1991, Kyle pursued his dream of living and practicing law in Alaska. He began his legal career as an attorney with the Alaska Department of Law and later joined Governor Wally Hickel’s Administration. In 1995, Kyle was recruited to private practice with Patton Boggs in Washington, DC. Two years later, Kyle returned to Alaska to open that firm’s Anchorage office. In 2009, Kyle, along with now retired Holland & Hart partner John Martin, left Patton Boggs to open the Crowell & Moring Anchorage office.
Kyle built a wide-ranging law practice, primarily assisting clients with matters involving their Alaska natural resource holdings and infrastructure assets. Kyle quickly earned the trust and deep respect of his clients. He became their trusted advisor, and inevitably their close friend. Over Kyle’s 30 plus years of practicing law in Alaska and Washington, DC, his legal acumen, keen sense of the prevailing political environment, excellent connections, people skills and judgment, as well as his guiding hand, are all at the center of infrastructure projects that have resulted in billions of dollars in economic development within the State of Alaska.
At his core, Kyle was a people person. He had an amazing ability to connect with everyone. And once you spent any time with Kyle, you had a friend for life. Kyle took the time to learn all about the people in his life and what brought them joy and happiness. He loved fishing, enjoying Alaska’s vast wilderness, entertaining, and cooking for his family and friends.
Kyle was a treasured member of the Holland & Hart community. He will be dearly missed.