Mr. Clarke is past Chair of the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and past chair of the Southern Regional Entertainment and Sports Law Seminar, an annual event for entertainment and sports attorneys which has been held in locations such as Curacao, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and Puerto Rico.  He is also a member of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (“GLA”) and has served as Chair of the Entertainment Law Institute which GLA sponsors with Emory University School of Law.  Mr. Clarke is a member of NARAS (the Grammy organization) and NATAS (the Television Academy), and is a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia, an organization of attorneys selected from 3% of the Georgia State Bar membership “whose public and private careers demonstrate outstanding legal abilities and a devotion to their communities.” 

Mr. Clarke is also a former member of the Tennessee bar.  He lectures frequently on entertainment industry and intellectual property issues before groups such as the Gospel Music Association, Atlanta Fest, NALS – the Association for Legal Professionals, Mercer University School of Law, the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, Georgia State University College of Law, Emory University School of Law, and the Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section.  In addition, he frequently speaks to attorney groups, with Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice Carol Hunstein, on legal professionalism and ethics.  Mr. Clarke serves on the boards of several local arts organizations.  Law Offices of Alan S. Clarke, LLC is located in Buckhead, the business, financial, retail and restaurant hub of Atlanta.  Resume (pdf)