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Jeff Allen contributes a broad range of legal knowledge and valuable practical experience both to the firm and to our clients. He is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney – a mark of distinction that illustrates his level of skill, integrity and professional excellence.

Jeff is experienced in all areas of litigation and trial work, including Personal Injury, Business, Products Liability, Professional Negligence, Employment and related Civil Rights Litigation. He also serves as local counsel for national retail and transportation companies on a variety of litigation issues, and serves as a private and court-appointed arbitrator.

Noteworthy among Jeff's cases is his defense of a concrete manufacturer in a multi-million dollar personal injury suit (which returned a verdict for the defense), and his representation of a university professor in a federal employment suit (which earned reinstatement and back pay).  He has also represented many retailers in a variety of suits/claims, including cases involving false imprisonment; sexual harassment and mold/toxic contamination exposure and has represented a number of nationally known rental car companies.

In addition, Jeff has successfully defended cases involving brain injury, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and paraplegia, and he has represented a wide variety of medical practitioners, insurance professionals, and real estate brokers/agents in professional liability suits.

A highly sought-after public speaker, Jeff frequently lectures to claims and risk management associations and private corporations on topics such as litigation strategies and management, his lectures often qualifying as Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB).

Jeff Allen is a member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, the Alameda County Bar Association, the Bar Association of San Francisco, the Contra Costa County Bar Association, the Association of Northern California Defense Counsel, and the Defense Research Institute.

Education
A.B., University of California at Berkeley, with distinction, 1977
J.D., University of San Francisco, 1981