Celebrating his 29th anniversary with Chicago Legal Search in 2024, Alan serves as our firm’s Executive Vice President. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1986, Alan received his J.D. in 1990 from the DePaul University College of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review and Executive Editor of the DePaul Business Law Journal. Alan spent several years as a litigation and IP associate with Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, then one of Chicago’s largest law firms. He has been quoted as an authority on issues pertaining to the legal search profession in numerous national and local publications, including Crain's Chicago Business, The Wall Street Journal, The American Lawyer, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Lawyer Magazine, and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Alan has spoken before the Chicago Association of Legal Personnel ("CALPA"), the Chicago Bar Association, law schools, and colleges nationally on legal recruiting matters. He has testified as an expert witness and consulted major law firms and corporate clients on attorney placement and career matters. Alan takes a personal approach to serving his candidates and clients, which has led to his national reputation as an industry leader, having several hundred placements. He is honored to have successfully represented some of Chicago’s most prominent and successful partners, government attorneys (including AUSA's), and associates, and he is deeply appreciative of their loyalty over the years. Many of his law firm and corporate clients today are former candidates. Alan has a long history of passionate commitment to diversity hiring that is well recognized in the industry, and he is a member of the Cook County Bar Association.Alan's op-ed addressing issues with racial justice in the law was published in the June 22nd, 2020 issue of Crain's Chicago. He spoke before NARUC about diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Fortunate to be able to give back, Alan recently retired after eight years of school board service as a twice-elected member of the School Board in Aptakisic-Tripp District 102 and a Governing Board Member of the Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL). He also served two terms as a member of the University of Wisconsin Athletics Advisory Board and is a former Board Member and Head Coach of the Vernon Hills Stingers Fastpitch Organization. Alan has been married to his wife Holly for 31 years, and they are the proud parents of two daughters, one at Loyola’s Stritch School of Medicine and one teaching third grade.