He unsuccessfully worked with the legislature on potential changes to the Alaska Workers Compensation Act. In 2005, he sued the governor of Alaska, challenging the constitutionality of legislation which created a new executive court to hear appeals from decisions of the Alaska Workers Compensation Board.
He attempted to change the Alaska Workers Compensation Act through legislative means and later challenged the constitutionality of legislation establishing a new executive court to hear appeals from workers' compensation board decisions in 2005.