David Allen, Managing Attorney

Year Founded Organization:
    1980

Areas of Practice:
    Personal Injury Claims
    Coverage Issues and Negotiation Techniques
    Insurance Bad Faith emphasizing wrongful denial of Long Term Disability benefits

Bar Admissions:
    California, 1979
    Nevada, 1978
    Wisconsin, 1985
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
    U.S. District Court Southern District of California
    U.S. District Court Northern District of California
    U.S. District Court District of Nevada

Education:
    McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, JD
    Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts - postgraduate work


Published Works:
    Author of the introduction to "Many Hands," a book which describes the role of the Sacramento Food Bank in providing assistance to those in need of basic necessities, housing and family assistance in the Sacramento region.

Honors and Awards:
    Outstanding Ability in Trial Advocacy

Pro Bono and Volunteer Activities:
    East Sacramento Improvement Association Board of Directors

    Air Port Noise Reduction Committee

    Nevada Policy Research Institute
    President

    Head of the 125th Anniversary Committee for St. John's Lutheran Church

    Northern Diocese of California
    Active lay reader and Lay Eucharistic Minister

    Legal commentator for KFBK radio and
    host of "Law Talk" an hour long call in am radio show
    Legal commentator for KXTV television

    Volunteer attorney for the Las Vegas Rescue Mission
    Volunteer and contributor to Sacramento Food Bank
    Volunteer and contributor to St. John's Women's Shelter

Professional Activities:
    American Trial Lawyers Association

    Nevada Trial Lawyers Association

    Consumer Attorneys of California
    Capitol City Consumer Attorneys

    State Bar of Wisconsen, past board of directors member
    for non-resident lawyers division

    Nevada Supreme Court select commission on lawyer advertising