Alan has appeared before the trial and appellate divisions of the Ontario Court of Justice, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Canada. He also appears before administrative tribunals and in domestic and international arbitrations and mediations.

In addition to his litigation practice, Alan taught contract remedies to second- and third-year students at Osgoode Hall Law School for a number of years. He has also participated as a demonstrator in The Law Society of Upper Canada's bar admission program. Alan has been a member of the Ontario division of the Canadian Bar Association's Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and is curently the chair of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada's Competition/Intellectual Property Committee. He is also an associate member of the American Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. In The Best Lawyers in Canada 2008 and 2009 editions, Alan was voted by peers as one of the leading intellectual property lawyers in Canada.