Partner Bios
James E. Gorton, Jr.
James Gorton founded the law firm of Gorton & Oberly, now Gorton, Logue & Graper in 1983. Since founding the firm, Mr. Gorton has specialized exclusively in the area of criminal defense. Prior to founding the law firm. Mr. Gorton clerked for Alaska Superior Court Judge Justin Ripley, and was employed by the law firm of Lynch, Forney & Crosby, specializing in criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Gorton grew up in a small town in Webster, New York. He attended Bowling Green University on a golf scholarship and graduated cum laude in 1975. Mr. Gorton attended the University of San Diego School of Law, graduating in 1978. Mr. Gorton is a member of the California, Texas, and Alaska Bar Associations. He is a member of the National Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Alaska Trial Lawyers Association, as well as the Alaska Criminal Rules Committee and the Alaska Mental Health Task Force.
Michael B. Logue
Michael Logue has over twenty years experience defending clients in felony and misdemeanor criminal cases throughout Alaska. He has extensive trial experience, successfully defending clients charged with a variety of charges. Mr. Logue has successfully defendant clients throughout the state in DUI//OUI cases. In addition to his defense work, he has lectured regularly at the Anchorage Police Department Police Academy, at continuing legal education seminars, and public forums on the subject, on issues involving police procedure, field sobriety testing, and breath testing. Mr. Logue has been with Gorton, Logue & Graper for nineteen years, having been a partner for ten years. Prior to that he was an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of Villanova University School of Law, and is licensed in Alaska and New York. I may be reached directly at gortonalaska@aol.com.
Henry E. Graper, III
Henry Graper joined the firm in 1998. He has been a partner since April 2005. He was born and raised in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in 1991. He is a 1994 graduate of the John Marshall Law School and is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Alaska. Prior to moving to Alaska in 1998, Mr. Graper was an associate for two firms in Chicago where his practice focused on personal injury litigation and workers’ compensation claims. He currently represents criminal defendants in both state and federal court. Mr. Graper’s federal practice includes embezzlement, conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute, tax evasion, assault, fraud, felon in possession of firearm.
Michael H.T. Graper
Mike Graper joined Gorton, Logue & Graper as an associate in 2006. He graduated from Michigan State University with High Honors, receiving a B.A. in Political Science Pre-Law in 1998. He received a Juris Doctorate degree graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2001. While in law school he interned for the City of Denver in the prosecutor’s office, worked as a Rothgerber Teaching Fellow for the law school, served as a Constitutional Law Research Assistant. He is licensed to practice law in all state and federal courts in Alaska and Colorado. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in general practice for Ross & Minor, P.C., in Anchorage, Alaska from 2002 through 2006. While at Ross & Minor, Mr. Graper handled criminal, personal injury, family law, collections, wills and trusts, Fish & Game, and property law matters.
James V. Gould
Before entering the practice of Law in Alaska, Jim Gould served seven years as a Law Enforcement Officer, earned a Masters Degree in Criminology from Fresno State University, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Santa Clara. He taught full-time as an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice with San Jose State University and for two years in the field of Criminal Justice with Anchorage Community College. Specializing in Criminal Law, Jim was an Assistant District Attorney in Anchorage for seven years, the District Attorney in Nome for three years, and an appellate attorney with the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals in Anchorage for two years. He then returned to Nome and served seven years as the Nome Public Defender. After filling temporary vacancies throughout Alaska for the Public Defender Agency, he joined the law firm of Gorton, Logue & Graper in 1999, where he continues to specialize in criminal law defense.
Jonathon T. Torres
Jonathon Torres started with Gorton, Logue & Graper in 2009. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for the Office of Public Advocacy Criminal Division. While interning there, he covered a variety of misdemeanor and felony hearings in the District and Superior Court for the State of Alaska. Mr. Torres grew up in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.A. in 2004. He is a 2008 graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law. While in law school, he practiced criminal law as a juvenile defense attorney and spent time working on the Innocence Project. After graduating from law school, Mr. Torres moved to Alaska and was admitted to the Alaska Bar Association in 2008. Currently, Mr. Torres specialized in criminal defense law and represents defendants in District and State court.