Education
Valparaiso University with a B.A. in English
Studied at Cambridge (England) where he was a member of the Cambridge
University Boxing Team (C.U.A.B.C.)
Indiana University – Bloomington, where he was a Stephenson Fellow and received his J.D., cum laude (with honors).
Experience
Mr. Allen is a principal in the law firm of Allen Law Group, LLC. The firm limits its practice to representation of plaintiffs in serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation, exclusively. Mr. Allen has appeared as counsel for the plaintiff in over 100 trials and published appellate court decisions. His cases have been listed among the country’s “Top 10 Verdicts” and recognized in such publications as USA TODAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL, VANITY FAIR, CRANE’S CHICAGO BUSINESS, CHICAGO SUN TIMES, LA TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND THE NEW YORK TIMES.
He has been appointed Class Counsel in re:
January 18, 1993
South Shore Train Crash at Gary, Indiana
June 25, 1998
Nurseryland Bus Crash at Gary, Indiana
June 18, 1998
Truck/Train Collision at Portage, Indiana
July 4, 2009
Hidden Lake Bridge Collapse
2012
Indiana State Fair Disaster (VanDam v. State of Indiana)
Mr. Allen was also named to Plaintiffs’ Discovery Committee in the United Airlines DC-10 airplane crash (In re: Air Crash Disaster at Sioux City, Iowa). He has also been interviewed on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, WGN, FOX, Dateline, Inside Edition, and on Oprah.
Mr. Allen is a former Judge, pro tempore. He also is a 30-year member of the Carpenter’s Union and worked as a Piledriver and Millright (UBC), Teamster (IBT) and RR Trackman (BMWE).
Admissions
Mr. Allen is a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Indiana and Illinois Supreme Courts and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Services/Community Activities/Awards
Mr. Allen has been a member of the Jeremiah Milbank Society, an elite group of philanthropists dedicated to supporting local Boys & Girls Clubs in America; the IU Arbutus Society, supporting the IU Foundation; the Kimberling Society supporting the Mauer School of Law; the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; the IU School of Medicine: J.O. Ritchey Society. He is a lifetime member of the NAACP (Chairman’s Circle); and was named to the United Way’s Tocqueville Society, which recognizes local philanthropic leaders and volunteer champions in the United Sates and France. He was the recipient of the Fifth Annual Child Safety Advocate Award “for outstanding dedication in forwarding the issues of child safety,” awarded by the IU School of Medicine and the INDIANA SAFE KIDS COALITION. He is a proud supporter of Lambda Legal, Legal Services for the Poor, the Equal Justice Fund and Unite 2 Fight Paralysis. Honored by the Boy Scouts of America-Calumet Council for his community and legal contributions, Mr. Allen has supported that organization as well as the YMCA, the Methodist Hospital Foundation Inc., and the Provena-Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation.
Mr. Allen has been a longtime supporter of the United Way, sponsoring the Kinderprint program, providing ID kits and safety education to thousands of schoolchildren and the Reading Buddies program, providing 4,000 first and second graders with stuffed animal “buddies” to whom they read for 15 minutes each day. Mr. Allen is also a proud supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs sponsoring the Kids’ Stop program which provides before and after-school child care for needy families at the local Boys & Girls Club. He also sponsors the Teacher’s of Excellence program, which selects and honors area elementary and high school teachers every week in area newspapers. Working through charities, local schools and Ken4Kids.org, Mr. Allen has also provided thousands of winter coats, bicycle helmets, backpacks filled with school supplies, Thanksgiving meals and Christmas gifts to needy children and families throughout Northwest Indiana for two decades. He has also donated extensively to Catholic Charities as well as the Caring Place for Women and Children and supported the Rainbow Shelter, the Stepping Stone Shelter for Women, St. Jude House, Hilltop Neighborhood House, the Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Sojourner Truth House, and Chicago South Side Youth.
Professional Association Memberships
Mr. Allen’s professional honors and association memberships, past and present, include:
- The American Association for Justice (Leader’s Forum Patron).
- The Indiana and Illinois Trial Lawyers Associations (sustaining member)
- Indiana and Illinois State Bar Associations
- The American Bar Association
- The Chicago Bar Association
- Mr. Allen is also a member of the National Asbestos/Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers Association, the National Brain Injury Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Aviation Trial Lawyers Association
- Mr. Allen has been repeatedly selected to THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and by LAW DRAGON as one of the Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyers in America
- Mr. Allen is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
- Mr. Allen is a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum-The Top Trial Lawyers in America, listed in Who’s Who in American Law and named to the National Advisory Board of the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
- Mr. Allen was also named among the 500 Leading Lawyers in America
- Mr. Allen and Allen Law Group are President's Circle Members of the Indiana Bar Foundation where Mr. Allen previously served as President from 2016-2017
- Mr. Allen was previously honored by the INDIANA LAWYER as a Distinguished Barrister “for leadership in the law”.
- Mr. Allen has been selected to the 2025 Top 50 Lawyers in America
Contact info:
andrew@allen.law
877-670-2421