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The American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel (ACCEC), established in 2012, is composed of preeminent coverage and extracontractual counsel in the United States and Canada, representing the interests of both insurers and policyholders. ACCEC is focused on the creative, ethical and efficient adjudication of insurance coverage and extracontractual disputes, peer-provided scholarship, professional coordination and

It has been a great year. With technology and my supporting lawyers, legal assistant and secretary, I was able to pick up right where I left off from the big firms. In addition to an active docket in state, federal and bankruptcy courts all over Texas, I acted as lead counsel in litigation in Colorado,

On behalf of Zurich American Insurance Co., Bob Allen convinced Dallas Federal Judge Sidney Fitzwater to dismiss a D&O bad faith lawsuit. This is the second dismissal scored by LORDA in this suit. Here, the court threw out the insured’s action for Declaratory Judgment on the duties to defend and indemnify on the basis that

Bob will participate in a panel exploring and analyzing “The Scope and Limits of the Duty to Defend, Duty to Settle and Initiating Settlement Negotiations.”

Bob Allen is moving the Law Offices of Robert D Allen to 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1450, Dallas, TX 75231. The phone number will change to (214) 891-5960. The fax number will change to (214) 891-5966. As before, you can reach Bob via email at bob.allen@theallenlaw.com.

On October 2, 2013, Dallas Federal Magistrate David L. Horan ruled that counsel for the Defendant, a Swiss national owing over $2 million on a US Judgment, could not withdraw from the case; notwithstanding not being paid, because “the Court must balance Defendant’s Counsel’s hardship with the efficient administration if the case, the interest of

This slam dunk win was reported in the Texas Lawyer and was profiled by national defense bar organization DRI. As part of the 25 page Memorandum Order, the court ruled that “the vast majority of the sought-after fees and expenses were not reasonable, necessary, or related to defending the Bonnemas against the Barrow Cross-Claim and/or

The Dallas Museum of Art was sued by an alleged jilted heir of a benefactor who with her late husband donated a substantial art collection to the DMA. The heir alleged that the DMA, three of its directors, a Dallas philanthropist and a leading Dallas lawyer conspired to deprive him of a 1/2 share of

When Zurich American Insurance Company was sued in Dallas Federal Court for an alleged wrongful denial of a Directors and Officers claim and for violations of the Texas Insurance Code, it turned to Bob Allen for its defense. Bob filed a Motion to Dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(6) for failure to state a

Texas Lawyer names result as the Number 2 Insurance Jury Verdict of 2011 The case involved a dispute between St Paul, as a reinsurer, and a Managing General Agency over excessive commission withdrawals from a Premium Trust Account by the MGA. The MGA denied making excessive withdrawals from the Premium Trust Account and filed a