|
Attorney Profiles
 William
W. Allen
Lexington, Kentucky
Member, since 1984
William W. Allen joined Gess, Mattingly, & Atchison in 1978 and has been a
shareholder since 1984. The focus of his practice is business litigation and
business counseling and transactions. He serves clients in a broad range of
industries, including securities and financial services, energy, broadcasting,
equine, construction and health care.
Mr. Allen is committed to helping his clients accomplish their objectives. In
litigation or dispute resolution, that generally means obtaining the desired
result or resolution on an efficient and cost-effective basis. In the
non-litigation context, that generally means providing sound legal advice,
counseling and support to help his clients succeed and prosper.
Mr. Allen has extensive experience representing major national and international
corporations in connection with their operations in Kentucky, across the nation
and around the world. His clients have included securities broker-dealers, banks
and financial institutions, coal operators, oil and gas concerns, television and
radio broadcasters, manufacturing and construction companies, horse farms, and
the Chinese/American joint venture that built and operated the largest open-pit
coal mine in the world in Shanxi Provence, China. He practices at all levels of
the state and federal court systems and has presented oral argument to the
Supreme Court of the United States. He also has extensive experience with
arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution procedures.
Mr. Allen was born at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia.
After graduating from Davidson College, Mr. Allen served as an Army Reserve
Intelligence Officer and worked as an underground coal miner and a tennis
professional. He is an instrument rated pilot. He joined Gess Mattingly &
Atchison immediately after graduating from Vanderbilt Law School and has
practiced with the firm for his entire career.
-
- 1978
- Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Securities
- 60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Kentucky, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1979
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
- Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1978
J.D.
Law Journal: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Staff Member,
1976-1977; Exec. Ed., 1977-1978
-
- Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, 1974
B.A.
-
- Fayette County Bar Association
- Member
-
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Member
-
- American Bar Association
- Member
-
- June 16, 1952, Fort Benning, Georgia, United States of America
|
