problems for
our clients
since 1950
Attorney Information
Location
155 Grand Avenue, Suite 1050
Oakland, CA 94612
T: 510.832.7770
F: 510.832.0102
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Practice Groups
Alternative Dispute Resolution –
Co-Chair
Construction
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Admitted to Practice
– All courts in the State of California
– U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
– U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Education
J.D., Golden Gate University, 1977
M.A., San Jose State University, 1971
B.A., San Jose State University, 1968
Presentations and Articles
– "Expert Witnesses," presented to the Association of Defense Counsel, December 2007
ROGER F. ALLEN, Partner
Roger is the Co-Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group and is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Roger has practiced law for more than 30 years in the areas of defense of civil litigation, mediation and arbitration. He has mediated in excess of 300 cases in all fields of civil litigation and currently serves as an independent neutral arbitrator on cases between Kaiser Health Foundation and its members. Over the past 20 years, he has arbitrated more than 200 cases for the courts and private parties.
He has tried 13 jury trials to verdict in the fields of construction site accidents, automobile accidents, trip and fall, inverse condemnation, fire loss and general negligence. In addition, he has had principal responsibility for hundreds of construction defect, products liability, public entity defense, insurance and professional negligence cases.
He is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, the California State Bar, the Alameda County Bar Association and the Contra Costa County Bar Association.
His personal interests include reading, hiking and rowing.
CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.