Ostrander & Donohoe.

The law firm Ostrander & Donohoe practiced in Valdez, Alaska, from 1903 to 1914. On the death of John Y. Ostrander in March 1914, it was succeeded by the law firm Donohoe & Dimond, which continued to practice in Valdez to 1933. From 1920, Donohoe & Dimond also maintained a branch office in Cordova, Alaska.

John Y. Ostrander was born in Washington Territory in 1857. He was admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of Washington Territory in 1878, and arrived in Alaska in 1896. Residing in the third judicial district of Alaska from 1902 until his death, he practiced law in Valdez in partnership with Thomas J. Donohoe. An active Democrat, Ostrander vied for appointment to the judgeship for the third district in 1913, but was unsuccessful. He died in March 1914.

Born in Ireland, Thomas Joseph Donohoe (1874-1934) studied law in his brother's office in Willows, California. He was a lawyer-gold miner in the Nome area of Alaska in 1900-1902 and maintained a law office in Juneau, Alaska, in 1902-1903. In 1903 he moved to Valdez, Alaska, where he practiced law in partnership with John Y. Ostrander (to 1914), Anthony J. Dimond (1914-1932), and son Thomas Donohoe. Early in 1920, the partnership of Donohoe & Dimond established a branch office in Cordova, Alaska. Donohoe was an active member of the Democratic Party and served as national committeeman for Alaska in 1916-18. He moved to Menlo Park, California, in the early 1930s and died in Atherton, California, in 1934. (From Who's Who in Alaskan Politics, comp. E. Atwood and R. N. DeArmond, Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort for Alaska Historical Commission, 1977)

Anthony J. Dimond was born on November 30, 1881, in Palantine Bridge, New York. He taught school in Montgomery County, New York, before coming to Alaska in 1904. Dimond prospected and studied law from 1904 through 1912, and was admitted to the Alaska Bar in Valdez in 1913. He was appointed U.S. Commissioner at Chisana in 1913 and was named Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the 3rd Judicial Division of Alaska at Valdez in 1917. Dimond served as Mayor of Valdez in 1920-1922 and again in 1925-1932. He served as a member of the Alaska Territorial Senate from 1923 to 1926 and from 1929 to 1932. In 1933, Dimond was elected as Territorial Delegate to the 73rd and the five succeeding U.S. Congresses. He was confirmed in 1945 as U.S. District Judge for the 3rd Judicial Division of Alaska and, in 1949, served as a member of the Alaska Statehood Committee. Dimond died on May 28, 1953.