David N. Allen

David Allen practices litigation for a broad variety of clients. He has been trying lawsuits for more than 30 years with close to 100 juries empaneled during that time.

A former president of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA), David is a frequent lecturer on substantive and technical aspects of trial practice for numerous sponsors of continuing legal education presentations, having addressed both the NCADA and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice in recent years. David is an elected councilor of the North Carolina State Bar and a former chair of its Ethics Committee and regularly presents on issues of professional responsibilities.

In 2020, David won the NCADA Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy established “to recognize members who have demonstrated over their career sustained excellence advocating for their clients in legal proceedings while maintaining the highest degree of professionalism. This award recognizes members who are eminently qualified to advocate for clients in state and federal courtrooms. They are considered by the NCADA as among the finest trial lawyers in the state. Not only have they consistently obtained favorable results for their clients, they have done so while exhibiting a command of the skills necessary to obtain such results. Importantly, their accomplishments were brought about without sacrificing any of the high ethical and moral standards espoused by the NCADA.”

David regularly represents individuals and corporations in complex business litigation manufacturing and chemical companies, local governments, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, physicians and hospitals throughout the region in federal and state courts. He also represents excess carriers on high value matters, both actively and as monitoring counsel.