Alana is a member of the Real Estate & Finance and Business Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on complex commercial real estate transactions including purchases and sales, easement agreements, restrictive covenants, landlord-tenant disputes, leasing, construction and permanent financing and development of multi-tenant residential, retail and office projects, as well as corporate entity formation and general business matters.

At William & Mary School of Law, Alana served as associate editor of the William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law, as President of Phi Alpha Delta, Law Fraternity International, and as President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society.  Alana also served as a law clerk for the Iraqi Special Tribunal, providing legal research to the United States Department of Justice.  Alana is a graduate of the University of Virginia, with a degree in Philosophy and Foreign Affairs.  

Before joining McCandlish Holton, Alana practiced law in the Smith Mountain Lake area where her practice focused on serving the booming real estate and development markets of SML.  Alana is originally from Great Falls, Virginia, where she attended the Madeira School.

Alana serves as chairperson of the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference Bench-Bar Celebration Dinner Committee, is a member of the American Bar Association (Real Property Section), the Virginia Bar Association, the Richmond Bar Association (Real Estate Section), and International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).