Andrew C. Allen Joins the Firm
Andrew C. Allen has joined the law firm of White Arnold & Dowd P.C. as a shareholder. He will lead the firm’s employment and labor practice group.
Mr. Allen has successfully handled hundreds of such cases including a substantial number of discrimination and Fair Labor Standards Act claims. He led the effort that produced the multi-million dollar settlement of sexual harassment claims at a Tyson Foods plant in Alabama. In the Tyson case, money damages were awarded in addition to court ordered injunctive relief and appointment of a court monitor to cure the wide-spread sexual harassment problem. Mr. Allen was instrumental in achieving settlement in a case involving a landmark Title IX ruling by the Supreme Court in favor of an Alabama high-school girl’s basketball coach. After remand, Mr. Allen had the lead role in litigating the case and obtained a settlement that includes the hiring of a Title IX coordinator to assure compliance and equal facilities.
Mr. Allen’s practice is concentrated in the areas of antitrust and trade regulation, labor and employment, civil rights, discrimination, governmental litigation and securities fraud as well as appellate and general practice.
He is a member of the Bar of the States of Alabama (1988) and Mississippi (1989). He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern District of Alabama and Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. He is a member of the Birmingham and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations, Alabama Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, Alabama State Bar, and Mississippi State Bar.
He graduated from Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., cum laude, 1984) and the University of Alabama (J.D., 1988) where he was a member of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Following law school he served as law clerk to Associate Justice Janie L. Shores, Alabama Supreme Court (1988-1989). Mr. Allen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Mr. Allen has successfully handled hundreds of such cases including a substantial number of discrimination and Fair Labor Standards Act claims. He led the effort that produced the multi-million dollar settlement of sexual harassment claims at a Tyson Foods plant in Alabama. In the Tyson case, money damages were awarded in addition to court ordered injunctive relief and appointment of a court monitor to cure the wide-spread sexual harassment problem. Mr. Allen was instrumental in achieving settlement in a case involving a landmark Title IX ruling by the Supreme Court in favor of an Alabama high-school girl’s basketball coach. After remand, Mr. Allen had the lead role in litigating the case and obtained a settlement that includes the hiring of a Title IX coordinator to assure compliance and equal facilities.
Mr. Allen’s practice is concentrated in the areas of antitrust and trade regulation, labor and employment, civil rights, discrimination, governmental litigation and securities fraud as well as appellate and general practice.
He is a member of the Bar of the States of Alabama (1988) and Mississippi (1989). He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern District of Alabama and Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. He is a member of the Birmingham and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations, Alabama Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, Alabama State Bar, and Mississippi State Bar.
He graduated from Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., cum laude, 1984) and the University of Alabama (J.D., 1988) where he was a member of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Following law school he served as law clerk to Associate Justice Janie L. Shores, Alabama Supreme Court (1988-1989). Mr. Allen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.