Attorneys << Back VCard PDF Practices Environment & Natural Resources Petroleum Marketing Education Vanderbilt Law School J.D. (1972) Yale University B.A. (1969) VCard PDF Allan Gates Of Counsel Email:agates@mwlaw.com Phone:(501) 688.8816 Location: Little Rock Bar Admissions: Arkansas, District of Columbia Allan Gates practices in the areas of environmental law and litigation. He is counsel to private parties, public interest groups, and trade associations in environmental regulatory matters and appears regularly before state agencies, including the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment and the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission. Allan also serves as defense counsel in hazardous waste and Superfund actions before state agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and in state and federal court. Experience 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. Professional Recognition Chambers USA: Ranked in Litigation: Environmental in Arkansas (2015, 2017-2020) The Best Lawyers in America©: Litigation - Environmental Law (2011-2021) Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1995 Mid-South Super Lawyers: Environmental (2006, 2008-2020) Who's Who Legal (Law Business Research LTD) in the area of Environmental Law Involvement Past-President, American College of Environmental Lawyers Former President Former President-Elect Former Treasurer Serves on the Board of Regents Executive Committee President, American College of Environmental Lawyers Foundation American Law Institute 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, 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 Charter member, Arkansas Bar Commission on Diversity Original incorporator and Chairman of the Board, Old State House Museum Associates Arkansas Nature Conservancy Board of Trustees Charter Secretary Arkansas Bar Association News & Articles Firm News Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Served as Moderator During the American Law Institute National Environmental Law Seminar 27 Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Served as Faculty and Presented at the Environmental Law Institute's 29th Annual Eastern Boot Camp on Environmental Law 47 Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named to 2021 Best Lawyers® List - 17 Named 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch; 7 Named 2021 Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" Mitchell Williams Attorneys Allan Gates and Jordan Wimpy Discuss DEQ Proposed Draft Antidegradation Implementation Methodology - Firm Hosted Environmental Insights Webinar; Featured Panel Discussion of the Proposed Draft Mitchell Williams Law Firm, 19 Attorneys Ranked by 2020 Chambers USA Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Elected President of the American College of Environmental Lawyers Foundation Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Presented at 2019 National Clean Water Law Seminar in Austin - Discussed Clean Water Act Legal Developments 29 Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Forty Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 - Six Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" Mitchell Williams Law Firm, 21 Attorneys Ranked by 2019 Chambers USA Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Presented at the EarthX 2019 Legal Symposium - Explains the Clean Water Act Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Served As 2019 Environmental Law Conference Faculty - Presented "The Clean Water Act: Water Quality, Water Resources, and Wetlands Under the Microscope" in Washington, D.C. Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Served as Faculty at the Environmental Law Institute's 27th Annual Eastern Boot Camp on Environmental Law - Presented on Clean Water Act in Washington, D.C. 29 Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Presented on Clean Water Act Liability for Groundwater Discharge - Webinar hosted by the American Law Institute, American College of Environmental Lawyers Mitchell Williams Partner Allan Gates Installed as President of the American College of Environmental Lawyers Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Presented at the Hot Topics in Clean Water Law Webinar Forty Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 - Six Attorneys Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" Mitchell Williams Achieves Rankings by Chambers USA and Chambers High Net Worth - Twenty-two Attorneys and Five Practice Areas Recognized Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Presents at Annual Environmental Law Conference Attorneys Allan Gates and Jordan Wimpy update AEF on Regulatory Developments Mitchell Williams Attorney Allan Gates Speaks in Beaver Watershed Alliance Speaker Series Attorney Allan Gates Named President-Elect of the American College of Environmental Lawyers Thirty-one Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Thirty-five Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 - Eight Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" Twenty-two Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in 2017 Chambers USA PublicationsCo-Author, Environmental Law Practice Guide (Matthew Bender & Co. 1992); Contributing Author, Brownfields, A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property (2nd ed. 2002)