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Steven A. Allen

“Steven Allen is the person I’d go to,” says an adversary, elaborating that Allen is ruthless in fighting the government for people in need of legal assistance. He has more than three decades of experience that emphasizes commercial, general litigation, and criminal defense. – Benchmark Litigation Profile

Steven A. Allen has been a litigator for over 42 years. Mr. Allen concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial and general litigation & criminal defense, including the defense of white collar criminal cases in the federal and state courts. He represents individuals and companies in a wide variety of cases in various state courts throughout Maryland, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and state and federal courts outside of this state. He also represents clients in administrative proceedings and before professional boards.

Mr. Allen is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was the Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review. Following law school, Mr. Allen served from 1975 to 1976 as a law clerk to a Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, and was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maryland from 1980 to 1985. Mr. Allen is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In addition to his busy litigation practice, Mr. Allen has also served as an Instructor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and has been a speaker on various litigation issues.

Mr. Allen is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation. He has also been named in The Best Lawyers of America for Commercial Litigation and White Collar and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense and was selected as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Attorneys by his peers in Maryland Super Lawyers & Baltimore Magazine. Mr. Allen has received an AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Personal Information

Education

University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1975
Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
Drew University, B.A., 1970

Bar Admission

Maryland, 1975
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Other

Law Clerk, Judge William J. O’Donnell, Maryland Court of Appeals (1975 – 1976)
Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland (1980 – 1985)
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Maryland Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, 2012, 2018-2019
Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers, 2007 – 2019
The Best Lawyers in America® – Commercial Litigation and White Collar and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, 2006-2020
Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation
J. Dudley Digges Chapter, American Inns of Court
Barrister’s Club, Baltimore, Maryland
AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell
Benchmark Litigation – Local Litigation Star for Criminal, General Commercial, Professional Liability and White Collar Crime, 2015, 2016, 2017

Community Involvement

Board of Directors, American Diabetes Association, Maryland (2004 – 2006)
Board of Directors, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Maryland (1992 – 2003)
Board of Directors, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Maryland (1988 – 1992)
Board of Directors, Big Brothers and Big Sisters for Central Maryland (1985 – 1990)
Board of Directors, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney’s Association (1988 – 2003)
Criminal Law Section Council, Maryland State Bar Association (2010 – present)