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Attorney Profiles

Benjamin D. Allen
Lexington, Kentucky
Member
phone (859) 252-9000
fax (859) 233-4269
email benallen@gmalaw.com
 
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Benjamin Allen joined Gess, Mattingly & Atchison as an associate in 2009. His principal areas of practice are Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Administrative Law.

Mr. Allen graduated in 2002 from the University of Kentucky College of Law. He received his undergraduate degree Summa Cum Laude from the University of Kentucky in 1999.

Year Joined Organization:
2009
Areas of Practice:
Civil Litigation
Criminal Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Administrative Law
Bar Admissions:
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2003
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2005
Education:
University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky, 2002
J.D.
 
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 1999
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Professional Leadership
Legal Writing Instructor, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2008-2009
 
Secretary, Fayette County Local Emergency Planning Committee, 2007-2009
 
Achievement in Areas of Concentration
Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, 2000-2002
Member
 
Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, 2001-2002
Editor-in-Chief
 
Honors and Awards
Phi Beta Kappa
 
Law Clerk, Justice William S. Cooper, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 2002-2003
 
Selected Publications and Presentations
"Trash in the Courtroom: The Problem of Solid Waste Control Ordinances
after Huish Detergents v. Warren County," Vol. 16, Journal of Natural Resources
and Environmental Law
 
Speaker, Identifying Environmental Issues for the Non-Environmental Lawyer,
Kentucky Law Update, 2006
Speaker, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Annual Practical Compliance with
EPA Regulations Conference