Raley Alford

Practice Areas

W. Raley Alford, III’s practice focuses on issues facing public utilities as well as commercial and tort litigation.

Career

W. Raley Alford, III, is a member of the New Orleans law firm of Stanley Reuter Thornton Alford LLC, where he has practiced since 2003. Mr. Alford represents public utilities and other clients in a variety of matters, including commercial and tort litigation, regulatory proceedings, appeals, and contract and property issues. Representative cases include class and mass-tort actions, shareholder litigation, Section 1983 litigation, construction disputes, expropriation actions, securities actions, antitrust and unfair trade practice claims, utility rate and resource-certification proceedings, storm-cost securitization, and consumer litigation. Mr. Alford also counsels clients concerning regulatory compliance and general business issues.

Professional Memberships

Louisiana State Bar Association, Member (2001)

Member, Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association – New Orleans Chapter, 2005-2021 (Chapter President, 2017-2018)

Industrial Development Board of the City of New Orleans, Board of Directors, Member (2006 – 2009)

Member, Counterletter Committee, Louisiana State Law Institute

Member, Prescription Committee, Louisiana State Law Institute

Tulane Law School Skills Boot Camp Faculty, 2019-2023

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in Administrative / Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, Consumer Law, Energy Law, Litigation – Construction, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions, and Personal Injury Litigation (2017 - Present)

Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers for Administrative / Regulatory Law, New Orleans (2022)

Recognized by Thomson Reuter Super Lawyers (2019 – Present)

Personal

Mr. Alford graduated from Louisiana State University summa cum laude with a degree in International Trade and Finance and minors in Economics and Spanish. He graduated Order of the Coif from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he was a student research assistant to Professor Frank L. Maraist, a member of the Louisiana Law Review, and the recipient of the Vinson & Elkins Outstanding Law Review Casenote or Comment Award. After law school, Mr. Alford clerked for Judge James L. Dennis of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (2001-2003).

Mr. Alford served as President of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association for 2017-2018. He also served as a practitioner Co-Chair of the 2019 Biennial Federal Bench & Bar Conference of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Education