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BACKGROUND:
Allen was born August 21, 1957 in Washington, D.C. He
was raised in Vienna, Virginia, where he graduated from high school
in 1975. After graduating from Purdue University in 1979 with a bachelor's
degree in political science, Allen returned to Virginia to attend
law school at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of
William and Mary. In 1983, Allen came to Miami, Florida to serve
as the Associate Director of the Southeast Regional Office of the
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Allen married Lynn Allison
Hoffman in 1984. After serving three years with the ADL, relocated
to Tallahassee to accept a position as an Assistant Attorney General.
During his thirteen years with the Florida Attorney General's Office,
Allen became the Deputy Chief of the Attorney General's Administrative
Law Section and served as legal counsel for numerous health care
regulatory boards. From 1994 through 1996, Allen was an adjunct member
of the graduate faculty at Florida State University and taught a
graduate course in Administrative Law. Allen was awarded
an AV rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory in 1993, and
he was selected by the Attorney General's Office as the 1998 Civil
Litigation Employee of the Year. Allen went into private practice in 1999 and after eight years in another state-wide
law firm, joined his current partners in 2008.
Allen's practice of law while in government, primarily involved
legal representation of state regulatory agencies. As an Assistant
Attorney General for over thirteen years, Allen provided legal counsel
to a wide variety of state professional regulatory boards including
Florida's boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing,
Chiropractic, Psychology, Acupuncture, and Respiratory Care. Allen
also provided legal counsel for other regulatory agencies including
the Florida State Boxing Commission, the Commercial Motor Vehicle
Review Board, and the Capitol Center Planning Commission. Allen's
current practice of law involves the representation of clients before
state regulatory agencies, in Florida courts and before the Florida
Legislature. In addition, a significant portion of Allen's practice
consists of consulting on health care regulatory issues. Allen is
widely recognized in the practice of Health Law and Administrative
Law in Florida and he has extensive experience representing a wide
array of professionals on all matters relating to the regulation
of their Florida licenses. He is experienced in the representation
of clients in state administrative proceedings, state court trial
and appellate actions, and federal court trial and appellate cases.
As part of Allen's professional development, he actively participates
in state and national health law and administrative law organizations,
including serving as Chairman of The Florida Bar's Health Law Section
and on the Executive Council of the Government Lawyer and Administrative
Law Sections. Allen is currently serving his third term on the Florida Bar's Certification Committee for State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice and has provided numerous continuing legal education lectures
on various aspects of administrative law and health care regulation.
EDUCATION:
- Purdue University, B.A. (Political Science,
1979)
- Director, Purdue Student Association, Student Advocate’s Office
- Student Justice, Purdue University Appeals Board
- President, School of Humanities, Student Advisory Council
- President, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity
- Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College
of William and Mary, J.D. (1982)
- Marshall-Wythe Moot Court Board
- Editor-in-Chief, Colonial Lawyer Magazine
- Associate Justice, Marshall-Wythe Honor Council
PROFESSIONAL:
- The Florida Bar
- Council of Sections, Former Chairman
- Health Law Section, Former Chairman
- Administrative Law Section, Chair Elect
- Government Lawyer Section, Former Treasurer
- American Bar Association
(Health Law Section)
- American Health Lawyers Association
- The American Inns of Court
- William H. Stafford Chapter (Master Lawyer)
- Florida Government
Bar Association (Past President)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Washington,
D.C.
- All Florida State Courts
- Selected as top attorney by Super Lawyers
Magazine 2010
- Florida Trend Magazine "Legal Elite", 2009
CIVIC:
- Anti-Defamation League, Florida Regional Board
Member
- Congregation Shomrei Torah Synagogue, Past President
- Purdue University Alumni Club of Tallahassee
- Florida State University, Hillel Board of Directors
- Alpha Epsilon Pi - Fraternity - FSU, Advisor
PUBLICATIONS:
- Collegial Bodies and the APA: Time
Sure Flies When You Are Having Fun, Florida Bar Administrative
Law Section Newsletter (December 1991)
- Government Law Practice,
Florida Bar Legal Ethics Handbook (1996)
- Narcotic Prescription
for Pain Management in Florida: The Physician and the Law, The
Journal of the Florida Medical Association, Vol. 83, No. 10 (December
1996)
- Regulation by the Board of Medicine, The Journal
of the Florida Medical Association, Vol. 84, No. 2 (February 1997)
- Professional
and Occupational Licensing, Florida Bar Administrative Law Handbook,
Fifth Edition (1997)
- Fee Splitting and the Management of Medical
Practices: A History of Board of Medicine Declaratory Statements,
The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. LXXII, No. 4 (April 1998)
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