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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. After eight years in another state-wide law firm, Allen became a founding member of the Tallahassee law firm of Metzger, Grossman, Furlow & Bayo, LLC.
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 Lawyers and Administrative Law Sections. Allen has provided legal continuing 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, Chairman Elect
Health Law Section, Chairman
Administrative Law Section, Executive Council
Government Lawyer Section, Treasurer and Executive Council
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 2008
Florida Trend Magazine "Legal Elite", 2007
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
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
ARTICLES & 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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