Alan Brackett

Alan Brackett

  • Insurance Defense
  • Louisiana, Texas
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Biography

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.

Practice Area
Insurance Defense
Additional Practice Areas
  • Maritime Personal Injury Defense
  • Defense of employers and insurance carriers under Longshore and Harbor Workers
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
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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Education
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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Awards
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
President’s Award (2019, 2021)
Louisiana Bar Foundation
Admiralty & Maritime Law (2017, 2019, 2020, 2023), Workers Compensation Law (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024)
New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers
“Leadership in Law” (2005, 2018, 2020); Hall of Fame (2020)
New Orleans CityBusiness
Fellow
American Bar Foundation
Fellow
College of Workers Compensation Lawyers
Fellow
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Readers’ Favorite Elite Lawyers - Workers’ Compensation (2022, 2023)
Inside New Orleans
Professional Associations
Louisiana State Bar
Member
Current
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Loyola University College of Law, Annual Longshore Conference
Chairman (1998-Present); Advisory Board Member (1998-Present); Seminar Moderator (1998–Present)
Current
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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
Current
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DOL-Joint Bar Association
Board Member (2010-2016); President (2012)
Current
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Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, Inc.
Advisory Board Member and General Counsel (1994–2009)
Current
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Maritime Law Association of the United States
Proctor Member
Current
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American Bar Association
Member
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New Orleans Bar Association
Member
Current
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Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
Member
Current
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Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
Member
Current
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Defense Research Institute
Member
Current
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Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Member
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Speaking Engagements
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)
Websites & Blogs
Website
Articles by Alan Brackett
Social Media
Contact & Map
701 Poydras St
New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone: (504) 595-3000
Fax: (504) 522-2121