Talis J. Colberg

Talis James Colberg (born August 25, 1958) was appointed by Governor Sarah Palin as the seventeenth attorney general of Alaska on December 13, 2006. Colberg resigned in February 2009 over controversy over the Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal.

Colberg received his high school diploma from Palmer High School in 1976. He graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Oriental History. In 1983, Colberg received his J.D. degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. He was admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1984. He finished his Ph.D. in Northern Political History & Culture at the University of Alaska Northern Studies program in 2008.

Before his appointment, Talis Colberg worked from 1984 to 1985 as an associate attorney in the law firm Kopperud and Hefferan in Wasilla, Alaska. From 1985 to 1992, he served as staff counsel to The Travelers Insurance Companies. Until his appointment as Attorney General for the State of Alaska, he was in sole practice from 1992 and was also an Adjunct History Instructor at Matanuska-Susitna College, teaching Eastern and Western Civilization.

Colberg graduated from Palmer High School in 1976, after which he attended Pacific Lutheran University (B.A. 1979) and Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D. 1983). He has completed his Ph.D. at University of Alaska. His dissertation title is "M.D. Snodgrass: The Founder of the Alaska State Fair".

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