Thirty-five years of both civil and criminal litigation experience defending claims against physicians, hospitals, manufacturers, and other organizations. During the past twenty-five years, tried and won medical negligence, products liability, wrongful termination, contract, and other personal injury cases against the most prominent plaintiffs' attorneys in Alaska, Michigan and Washington. While a Member of the U.S. Air Force, defended the only capital murder case brought during term of service. Mr. Lazar became a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2005. He served as Alaska State Chairman for the ACTL from 2006 to 2014. The Best Lawyers in America. 2016 Anchorage Personal Injury Litigation - Defendant's Lawyer of the Year.