Alan M. Glen

Alan M. Glen

Alan Glen has widely recognized expertise in various areas of federal environmental law, including the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Alan represents both public and private entities across the country and has successfully handled dozens of permits and consultations under the ESA and other laws.

Alan has assisted in solving environmental challenges affecting transportation, traditional and renewable energy, real estate development, water resources, regional planning, agriculture, and mining.

Much of Alan’s practice relates to rare and endangered species. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Water regarding the ESA's interagency consultation process. He works on numerous endangered species plans and other processes from the scale of individual projects to programmatic plans spanning multiple states. Alan also consults on litigation matters under the ESA and other Federal Environmental laws. He has been a trailblazer in species conservation banking matters and assisted in establishing the first species conservation bank in the southwestern region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Alan served as law clerk to the Honorable Homer Thornberry, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law and Stanford University.

Alan served as Vice-Chairman for the steering committee of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, a regional habitat conservation plan (HCP) in Central Texas and was a member of the Recovery Team for the Barton Springs salamander. Alan was also President of the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Council of Austin (1997) and received the Council’s “Distinguished Contribution Award” in 1996. He also served for several years as Vice Chairperson of the Advisory Council of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, a unit of the University of Texas at Austin.

During law school, Alan was a Research Editor for the Texas Law Review. Immediately after law school, Alan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Homer Thornberry, Judge, United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.