Alan is a partner in the business group in the New Orleans office, and directs the firm's energy and utilities practice. He has over 30 years experience in gas and electric utility matters and also practices in the areas of administrative law and energy law. Prior to joining Phelps Dunbar, Alan was Senior Trial Attorney at the Office of General Counsel - Electric Rates Section, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Vice President and General Counsel, Mid Louisiana Gas Company. He is among a select group of lawyers, recognized in the category of Energy & Natural Resources, listed in a nationwide client survey published in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

• University of Alabama, J.D., 1971; National Moot Court Team
• Birmingham-Southern College, A.B., 1968

• Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Federal Energy Bar Association (past director and former chair of the Natural Gas Rates Committee and past president of the New Orleans Chapter); American Bar Association (council member and former chair of the Electric Power Committee of the Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section); Louisiana Mineral Law Institute (member - Advisory Council); Edison Electric Institute, Legal Committee

• Enforcement of FERC Affiliate Rules, Edison Electric Institute (2003).
• Conducting Internal Investigations for Public Utilities, Public Utilities Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association (2003).
• "Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation's Jurisdiction to Fix Intrastate Transportation Rates and Require Intrastate Transportation - Statutory Authorities and Policy Considerations," Louisiana State University Natural Gas Transportation Course, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1991).
• "State Regulation of Pipelines, Energy Law Transactions," Matthew Bender (1990).
• "Fundamentals of FERC Order No. 500," 35th Annual Mineral Law Institute (1988).

• All manner of utility contracts, transactions, regulatory filings, and litigation.