Alan
H.
Maclin
President; Shareholder; Business Litigation
Alan is president of the firm of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association, as well as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors. As the former chair of the firm’s litigation department, Alan’s litigation practice involves:
- Class action defense and complex commercial litigation
- Mortgage banking litigation
- Antitrust and trade regulation
- Defense of government enforcement actions and investigations
- Complex trust and estates litigation
Alan heads up a seasoned team of Briggs attorneys in the defense of mortgage bankers and other financial institutions in consumer class action litigation across the country. He has also represented leading manufacturers, financial institutions and title companies both in connection with antitrust and consumer related claims, and with regulatory investigations and lawsuits by state attorneys general and other state and federal governmental enforcement agencies. Additionally, Alan has represented trustees and individuals in major trust and estates litigation.
Alan has served as lead counsel in defending a number of groundbreaking class actions challenging various mortgage banking practices, including mortgage fee disputes and payments of yield spread premiums.
His commercial litigation experience has also included representation of clients involved in breach of contract, tort, fiduciary duty and commercial product liability claims.
Prior to joining Briggs, Alan served as Special Assistant Attorney General for Minnesota from 1974 to 1980, where he headed the antitrust and commerce divisions. During this time, he was involved in government enforcement actions relating to securities, insurance, banking and trade regulation. He has authored numerous articles about antitrust, class actions, mortgage banking, regulatory compliance, franchise law and litigation, while also lecturing at numerous continuing legal education seminars on these topics.
Alan is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society. He is also a member of the Civil Litigation Section and the Antitrust Section (of which he was chair from 1999 to 2001) of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Antitrust and Litigation Sections of the American Bar Association, and the State Bar of Wisconsin. He currently serves on the board of directors for Children’s Law Center in St. Paul, Capital City Partnership and Advocates for Human Rights. Alan sits on advisory boards with Volunteer Lawyers Network and Minnesota Women Lawyers.
Alan has been selected as a "Leading American Attorney," as well as a "Leading Minnesota Attorney." He has also been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Minnesota Super Lawyers. Minnesota Law & Politics has listed Alan as a "top 40" business litigator in Minnesota.
Alan received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1971 and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1974. He joined Briggs in 1980.