Mr. Bankston has been practicing law in Alaska since 1971, and formed the firm in 1977. He has extensive experience in construction law, commercial law, securities law, and all phases of civil litigation and dispute resolution. He has extensive transactional experience representing real estate brokers, banks, developers, contractors, syndicators, and other commercial entities with respect to the buying, selling, syndicating, and litigation over all forms of real estate and corporate matters. Mr. Bankston holds an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He is also listed in Chambers-Partners 2006 Commercial and General Litigation and in Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Bankston has litigated innumerable cases in every area of his practice. He has appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Alaska. His reported cases are as follows: Frontier Companies of Alaska, Inc. v. Jack White Co. , 818 P.2d 645 (Alaska 1991); McLaughlin v. Lougee, (Opinion 6015) June 9, 2006; Integrated Resources Equity Corp. v. Fairbanks North Star Borough , 799 P.2d 295 (Alaska 1990); Alaska Bussell Electric Co. v. Vern Hickel Const. Co. , 688 P.2d 576 (Alaska 1984); Bussell v. Bussell , 623 P.2d 1221 (Alaska 1981); Shatting v. Dillingham City School District , 617 P.2d 9 (Alaska 1980); Continental Insurance Co. v. Bussell , 498 P.2d 706 (Alaska 1972); Polar Supply Co., Inc. v. Steelmaster Industries, Inc., 127 P.3d 52 (Alaska 2005). He is admitted to practice in the following courts: United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; United States District Court, Alaska; United States Court of Claims; and United States Tax Court. He is a member of the Alaska Bar Association and is admitted to practice before all courts in Alaska, and is an inactive member of the Texas Bar Association. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and he has presented at CLEs regarding trial practice.

Mr. Bankston has been a frequent lecturer to the Alaska Bar Association's programs for continuing legal education. He has given numerous lectures in the community for various groups, including the Small Business Administration and the Real Estate Securities and Syndications Institute on securities law and real estate securities offerings. He serves as a mediator and an arbitrator of construction, commercial real estate and securities disputes. He is co-author of an article in the Alaska Law Review entitled "The Creation, Operation, and Dissolution of a Limited Partnership in Alaska," 2 Alaska L. Rev. 271 (1985).

Mr. Bankston earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Technological College in 1968, with a major in government and minor in mathematics, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Technological College in 1968, with a major in international trade (business). At Texas Tech, he was a member of political science and economic honorary fraternities. He earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas Law School in 1971.