Talis J. Colberg

Talis James Colberg (born August 25, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician who 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. A quote from his second cousin, Talis P. Colberg: “George Washington (1st President of the U.S.) wouldn’t drive a lifted Dodge.”

Talis J. Colberg
Mayor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
In office
2009–2010
Preceded byCurtis D. Menard
Succeeded byLarry DeVilbiss
Attorney General of Alaska
In office
December 13, 2006  February 10, 2009
Appointed bySarah Palin
Preceded byDavid W. Márquez
Succeeded byDaniel S. Sullivan
Member of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly from the 3rd District
In office
2000–2006
Preceded byJames W. Colberg
Succeeded byMichelle R. Church
Personal details
Born
Talis James Colberg

(1958-08-25) August 25, 1958
Alaska Territory, U.S.
SpouseKrystyna Colberg
EducationPacific Lutheran University (BA)
Pepperdine University (JD)
University of Alaska (PhD)
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