09/10/2026
Alan Gentges is currently the City of Bartlesville Municipal Judge. Over the past five years, he has presided over approximately 20,000 matters as the municipal court judge. He previously served as a City Council member for the Fourth Ward and Vice Mayor of the City of Bartlesville.
He chaired the TIF Review Committee, the Downtown Landscape Committee, and the Transportation Committee; co-chaired the Tower Green Design Committee; and served as vice chair of the Bartlesville Planning Commission.
In 1980, Alan graduated from Southwest Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Antiquities, with an emphasis in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, and in 1985 he graduated from Tulsa University College of Law as a Juris Doctor. While at TU, he was a member of the Tulsa Law Review.
Since 1985, Alan has practiced law in Oklahoma and has tried a broad range of civil cases before various state and federal courts. He was a managing partner of Savage, O’Donnell, Scott, Affeldt and Gentges, and a founder of Scott & Gentges PC. In 2008, he opened an office in Bartlesville. He has served on various boards in Washington County, including the Homeless Task Force, and currently serves on the Bartlesville Chorale and the Unity Square Management Committee.
In his spare time, he has performed in various local stage productions and has acted in films and TV. Alan and his wife, Diane, co-produced A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Gunsmoke, both of which were performed at Unity Square. He and his wife are members of First United Methodist Church of Bartlesville, where Alan sings in the choir and plays in the praise band.