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In an episode of IADC Speaks, Bob shares about his impactful pro bono work over the years.

At the recent Annual Meeting of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC) held in Chicago, and after serving two terms on its Board of Regents, the ACCC has elected Bob Allen as its Secretary/Treasurer for 2025-2026. Through its rules of progression, Bob will be the President-Elect in 2026-2027 and he will be the ACCC

TALG recently secured two significant summary judgment wins in Texas duty to defend cases, about two months apart. In Depositors Ins. Co. v. CUMIS Ins. Co., the court ruled in favor of CUMIS, represented by Bob as local counsel, determining it was not the primary insurer in a high-profile wrongful death case, with an appeal now pending. In American Mercury Lloyds Ins. Co. v. Clarabut, the court granted summary judgment for Mercury, finding no duty to indemnify an insured convicted of murder, despite plaintiffs’ attempts to reframe the case as negligence.

On February 7, 2025, Dallas federal judge Jayne Boyle granted TALG client Hudson Specialty’s Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction in connection with an action by a claimant of a Hudson Specialty insured to obtain insurance coverage for a $12.3 million arbitration award in favor of the claimant against the Hudson Specialty

In November 2024, Bob participated on a panel analyzing issues raised by insurers use of artificial intelligence at the American College of Coverage Counsel’s Law School Symposium at the University of Minnesota. After a discussion of the issues, Bob represented the insurer in a mock argument over discovery issues involved in a hypothetical motion to

On December 20, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court handed down its unanimous opinion in The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company v. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., __S.W.3d ___; 2024 WL 5172096 (Tex. 2024).

At long last, TALG opened its finished offices to friends and family on September 19. It was a rousing success and a lot of fun. The event had a distinctive “60s in Dallas” theme with an exhibit of the personal file of Phil Burleson Sr.’s ultimately successful representation of Jack Ruby (Phil Sr was the

It is with extreme sadness that we share the news of the passing of Paige Pace Allen on May 19, 2024.

The selection process included being nominated, vetted and then approved after an independent review by a panel of esteemed lawyers. All told, D Magazine recognized 19 Dallas lawyers as being one of 2024 Best Lawyers for Insurance Law.

It is hard to believe that it was eleven years ago when we embarked on this small firm practice thinking it would be just a matter of time before we hooked up with firms or maybe start something with a couple of friends. It has been a very gratifying ride so far; full of interesting