G. Alan Perkins earned his B.S. degree (Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences) in 1978 from Texas A&M University, and his M.A. degree (Zoology) in 1981 from Southern Illinois University. Mr. Perkins worked as a research biologist for eight years before entering law school. He received his J.D. with high honors in 1991 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Journal.

Mr. Perkins is admitted to the bar in Arkansas, US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, US Court of Federal Claims and US Courts of Appeal for the Eighth and Federal Circuits. He focuses his practice in the areas of oil and gas, environmental, energy, and natural resources law. He has handled many significant environmental cases, involving Superfund liability and cost-recovery, oilfield contamination, RCRA, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, NEPA challenges, citizens' suits, wetlands, and a number of state-law-based environmental cases.

Mr. Perkins often represents clients in dealing with state and federal administrative agencies, including the US Environmental Protection Agency, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission, and US Army Corps of Engineers, among others.

Mr. Perkins has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America since 1999, with expertise in the fields of environmental law and oil and gas law. His memberships include the American Bar Association (Sections of Litigation; Environment, Energy, and Resources; and Law Practice Management), Arkansas Bar Association (Environmental Law Section, Chair 2000-2001; and Natural Resources Law Section, Chair 2009-2010), and the Pulaski County Bar Association. He is Adjunct Professor, Oil and Gas Law at UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, Little Rock.  In 2006, Mr. Perkins was appointed to sit as Special Associate Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Mr. Perkins belongs to the Arkansas Environmental Federation and the Arkansas Forestry Association. He is certified as a Wildlife Biologist by The Wildlife Society. Mr. Perkins regularly participates as speaker and program planner in legal education and trade seminars on environmental and natural resources issues and he has authored a number of legal and technical publications.

Bar Admission

Arkansas, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1991
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1991
U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1991

U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Affiliations

American Bar Association; Sections: Litigation; Environment, Energy & Resources; Law Practice Mgt.

Arkansas Bar Association; Sections: Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law.

Pulaski County Bar Association

Arkansas Environmental Federation

Arkansas Forestry Association

Education

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Little Rock, AR, 1991, Juris Doctor
Honors: High Honors
LJ: UALR Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief

Southern Illinois University, 1981, Master of Arts
Major: Zoology

Texas A&M University, 1978, Bachelor of Science
Major: Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences

Certification: Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society