Allan Gates

Practice Areas

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.

-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 Memberships

-Past-President, American College of Environmental Lawyers

-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

-Charter Secretary, Arkansas Nature Conservancy Board of Trustees

-Arkansas Bar Association

Education