Alan Brackett
Alan G. Brackett is a Founder and Member of Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett, one of the leading defense law firms in southeastern Louisiana. As a founding member, Alan has overseen the growth of MBLB as it has tripled in size. The firm has expanded from handling maritime, workers’ compensation and insurance defense work to developing and expanding their workers’ compensation practice, which is now nationwide, handling state workers’ compensation matters statewide, and adding a trucking and transportation practice.
Alan has decades of experience in maritime personal injury defense and litigates claims nationwide for large corporations and insurance companies, including Chubb and American Longshore Mutual Association. He is the lead attorney for the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) defense team, where he also handles claims arising under the Defense Base Act (DBA) and War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA). MBLB is one of a handful of firms in the nation who are known for their experience and expertise in this area of law.
Alan is known for being personally invested in his clients, many of whom he has worked with for decades. “I am a facilitator by nature. I like listening to people and solving problems. My goal is always to clearly understand the objectives of who I am representing, so everything can move toward that result on the best terms possible.”
Alan has developed a reputation as an extremely skilled defense litigator, who maintains the highest standards of professionalism, qualities that have attributed to him being widely recognized by his peers as one of the top in the industry through inclusion in Super Lawyers Top 50 New Orleans Lawyers and Super Lawyers Top 50 Louisiana Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Hall of Fame and New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers.
- Insurance Defense
- Maritime Personal Injury Defense
- Defense of employers and insurance carriers under Longshore and Harbor Workers
- Louisiana
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- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
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- 5th Circuit
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- 9th Circuit
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- 11th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- United States District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana
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- Tulane University School of Law
- J.D. (1984)
- Activities: Finalist, Senior Moot Court Appellate Competition
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- Tulane University
- B.A. (1982)
- Honors: Dean's List
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- Top 50 Lawyers in Louisiana (2020, 2023, 2024)
- Super Lawyers
- Top 50 Lawyers in New Orleans (2020, 2023, 2024)
- Super Lawyers
- Workers’ Compensation, Transportation/Maritime (2008-2024)
- Louisiana Super Lawyers
- Admiralty/Maritime (2017-2025); Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers (2024, 2025)
- The Best Lawyers in America
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Louisiana State Bar
- Member
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- Loyola University College of Law, Annual Longshore Conference
- Chairman (1998-Present); Advisory Board Member (1998-Present); Seminar Moderator (1998–Present)
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- Louisiana Bar Foundation
- Immediate Past President; President (2022-2023); Vice President (2021-2022); Treasurer (2020-2021); Secretary (2019-2020); Board Member (2013-Present); Fellow
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- DOL-Joint Bar Association
- Board Member (2010-2016); President (2012)
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- Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, Inc.
- Advisory Board Member and General Counsel (1994–2009)
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- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- Proctor Member
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- New Orleans Bar Association
- Member
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- Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
- Member
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- Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
- Member
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- Defense Research Institute
- Member
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- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
- Member
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- Second Injury Funds: The Benefit in Hiring Injured Workers
- Reuters Legal News
- Return to Work Concerns With Injured Workers
- Reuters Legal News
- Combating Medical Fraud in Workers’ Compensation Claims
- Reuters Legal News
- Decisions in 2021 Offer Insight Into Courts’ Treatment of Longshore Claims Under § 905(b)
- Reuters Legal News
- Employer Liability for ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Infections
- Reuters Legal News
- Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA
- Professionalism Facilitator
- Loyola University College of Law, New Orleans, LA
- Professionalism Facilitator
- LSBA
- Speaker
- RIMS
- Speaker
- Loyola University College of Law Annual Longshore Conference, New Orleans, LA
- Seminar Moderator (1998–Present)
- Website
- Articles by Alan Brackett
