Education: B.A., Millsaps College (1976)
J.D., University of Mississippi (1978)
Bar and Court Admissions: Licensed to Practice in the States of
Mississippi and Colorado
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals for the
Fifth, Eleventh and Tenth Circuits
United States District Court for the
Northern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the
Southern District of Mississippi
All Mississippi State Courts
United States District Court for the
District of Colorado
All Colorado State Courts
Professional Organizations: American Bar Association, Arbitration,
Natural Resources and Energy
Litigation Sections
CPR International Institute for Conflict
Prevention and Resolution, CPR
National Panels for Distinguished
Neutrals: Energy, Oil & Gas and
Mississippi Panels
Chartered Institute for Arbitrators (CIArb)
Mississippi Bar Association
Colorado Bar Association
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation
Federal Energy Bar Association
U.S. Oil & Gas Association,
Alabama/Mississippi Division
Recognitions/
Accomplishments Best Lawyers in America
Natural Resources Law
Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Rated The Energy & Natural Resources ADR
Group a/k/a ENR Dispute Resolution,
LLC, Co-Founder & Member
Oxford Dispute Resolution, LLC,
Co-Founder & Member
Author: "Mississippi v. Memphis:
A Study in Transboundary Ground
Water Dispute Resolution"
Author: “Recent Trends in Water
Litigation: Transboundary or Interstate
Dispute Resolution” (Mississippi
Water Resources Association)
Author: “Current Developments in the
Law of Gas Balancing” (Mississippi
Petroleum Accountant Society)
Author: “Oklahoma Senate Bill 168 -
Origins and Practical Applications”
(Denver Association of Petroleum
Landmen)
Author: “Developments in Natural Gas
Contract Litigation” (Denver
Association of Petroleum Landmen)
Author: “Regulatory Takings and
Inverse Condemnation by
Governmental Land-Use
Regulation of Oil and Gas
Operations” (Colorado Bar
Association - Mineral Law
Section Panel)
Mississippi Law Journal, Comment
Editor, Special Assignments
Research Board, Staff Editor and
Editor, Mississippi Supreme Court
Review (1977-78)
Reported Cases: The State of Mississippi v. The City of
Memphis, Tennessee, and Memphis
Light, Gas & Water Division, 533 F.
Supp. 2d 646 (N.D. Miss. 2008). aff'd,
570 F. 3d 626 (5th Cir. 2009), cert.
den., 2010 U.S. LEXIS 919
(2010) Motion for Leave to File
Bill of Complaint in Original Action
denied without prejudice,
No. 138 (Original), 2010. U.S. LEXIS
907 (2010). Anderman/Smith Operating Co. v.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 918 F.
2d 1215 (5th Cir. 1991), reh. den.,
924 F. 2d 654, cert. den. 111 S.Ct.
2799 (1992) Day v. Tenneco, Inc., 696 F. Supp. 233
(S.D. Miss. 1988)
Primary Practice Areas: Complex Litigation
Arbitration and Mediation
Natural Resources
Away From The Office: Alan and his wife, Mary, are parents of three children and have five grandchildren. They enjoy music, art, pottery, travel, hiking and biking.
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