November 22, 2020
After co-founding the DBA’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section (DBA TIPS) in the late 90s with Mike Knapek, Nikki Carmody and the late Mark Pistorious, Bob served as its Chair in 2001. At the DBA TIPS Annual Meeting on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at noon, he and his fellow DBA TIPS Past-Chairs will be virtually
March 25, 2020
The Allen Law Group is moving their Law Offices to 10670 North Central Expressway, Suite 550, Dallas, TX 75231. All contact information: Email: bob.allen@theallenlaw.com Off: 214-217-5012 Fax: 214-291-5544 Address: 10670 North Central Expressway, Suite 550, Dallas, TX 75231. The move, which is ongoing, is being be impacted by the CO-VID 19 shut-down and quarantine.
March 03, 2020
When Commercial Auto-insurer Amtrust Insurance Company of Kansas, out of the blue, received a policy limits Stowers demand in a wrongful death lawsuit being defended by the mutual insured’s CGL carrier, it turned to Bob Allen to resolve the coverage issue. Over the opposition of the CGL carrier, AmTrust intervened in the CGL carrier’s pending
January 22, 2020
A Houston-based safety engineering firm was sued in a construction site wrongful death suit. It tendered the suit to its CGL insurer, TALG client the Travelers Indemnity Co., who denied a defense based on its policy’s Professional Liability exclusion. Eighteen months later, this insured filed suit against Travelers in Houston Federal Court for breach
May 09, 2019
At the 2019 Annual Meeting at the Chicago Athletic Association, the Fellows of the American College of Coverage Counsel elected Bob Allen to their Board of Regents. Bob will serve the organization as a Regent through 2022. The American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC), established in 2012, is the preeminent association of U.S. and Canadian
February 20, 2019
When Dallas-based Zales Jewerly was purchased by jewelry conglomerate Signet in 2014, litigation against the Zale Board of Directors predictably followed. In addition to the typical fiduciary class action; a large percentage of Zale shareholders, including arbitrageurs, dissented to the merger and brought an action in Delaware Chancery Court to have their shares of Zale
January 17, 2019
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) is a non-profit professional association for the field of legal fee analysis. Its members provide a range of services on attorney fees and legal billing matters. One of its services is providing monthly CLE programs on Attorneys Fees Issues. The January 17, 2019 panel discussion focused on Legal
October 01, 2018
At this Symposium, Bob will be participating on a Panel on “’Stowers’ and the Art of Turning the Table on an Insurer with a Policy Limits Settlement Demand.” The American College of Coverage Counsel annually holds a Symposium focusing on cutting-edge insurance coverage issues at different Law Schools around the country. Prior Symposiums have been held
January 26, 2018
An April 2016 hail storm near downtown Plano, Texas left a trail of damages to all buildings, houses and structures in its path. Included in the destruction were 13 buildings owned by a TALG client. The claim raised multiple issues. In the property insurance policy, there was an unexplained bundle of 4 buildings on one
November 28, 2017
In 2011, while at Meckler Bulger & Tilson, Bob Allen received a call that would lead to most unusual case he has ever handled. His Zurich lawyer-friend described the situation where his client, Florida businessman Peter Denton, recently won a 2 million swiss franc (roughly $2 million USD) arbitration award against his former business associate