Allan Gates

Member

Bar Admissions: Arkansas, District of Columbia

Education

B.A., Yale University, 1969
J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1972
Admitted to practice in Arkansas, 1972
Admitted to practice in District of Columbia, 1975
Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers
Member of the American Law Institute

Professional Experience

Defense counsel in hazardous waste and Superfund actions before state agencies, EPA, and in state and federal court. Counsel in air pollution, water pollution, toxic tort, wetlands, environmental impact statement and coastal management disputes and litigation. Counsel for applicants for hazardous waste permits and closure plans, pesticide registrations, water, air, and solid waste permits. Counsel for affected parties in state and federal rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings under air, water, solid waste, hazardous waste, and toxic substance control legislation. Counsel to private parties, public interest groups, and trade associations in nonenvironmental regulatory matters. Lead counsel in complex commercial disputes and litigation. Appears regularly before state agencies, including Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.

Other Activities

Served as law clerk to Chief Judge Pat Mehaffy, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun, United States Supreme Court; Adjunct professor of Environmental Law, UALR Law School; Guest lecturer on environmental law, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, UALR graduate and undergraduate classes; Panelist and speaker in national, regional and state seminars on environmental law and litigation;  Arkansas Bar Commission on Diversity,  Charter Member; Old State House Museum Associates, original incorporator and Chairman of the Board; Board of Trustees, Arkansas Nature Conservancy, Charter Secretary and Member of the Board.  Listed in Environmental Law section of Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA, American Leading Lawyers for Business; and International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers.

Publications

Co-Author, Environmental Law Practice Guide (Matthew Bender & Co. 1992); Contributing Author, Brownfields, A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property (2nd ed. 2002).