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BOB ALLEN TO BE HONORED AS A PAST-CHAIR AT THE DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION TORT AND INSURANCE PRACTICE SECTION’S ANNUAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 1, 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…
TALG Moving to 10670 North Central Expressway March 24, 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…
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TALG Intervenes into Coverage DJ and Obtains a Summary Judgment of No Coverage Under a Commercial Auto Policy
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,…
TALG Obtains Ruling that CGL Carrier Does Not Owe A Duty To Defend Due To a Professional Liability Exclusion
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…
Bob Allen Elected to Three-Year Term to the Board of Regents of the American College of Coverage Counsel
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…
Bob Allen Litigates D&O Case of First Impression involving Coverage for Delaware Securities Appraisal Actions.
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…
Bob Allen Participates in a NALFA Panel Discussion on Legal Fees & Billing Issues in Insurance Coverage Litigation.
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.…
Bob Allen Named to Faculty at the 5th Annual American College of Coverage Counsel’s Law School Symposium at American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C.
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…
Bob and Paige Allen Team Up for a Successful Resolution of a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Hail Property Damage Claim without Litigation.
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…
Six Year Effort to Avoid Judgment Ends with 11 Months of Incarceration and Deportation
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)…
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