Prior to joining the firm, Alan worked as a partner at O'Melveny & Myers since 1991, where he co-headed the White Collar and Regulatory Defense Practice and the New York Litigation Group. Prior to this, he was an assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York for nine years, where his last assignment was as the chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force.
Alan earned a BA in 1972 from Temple University, and both a PhD in 1976 and a JD, with highest honors, in 1979 from Rutgers University.
