State Bar Council Candidate Bio
David N. Allen

Seat: David N. Allen Seat

Firm/Organization: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Practice Area(s): Civil Litigation

Education: University of North Carolina School of Law JD (1980); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AB (1977)

Bar & Court Admissions: North Carolina; Supreme Court of the United States; US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; US District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina

Civic & Community Involvement: NC State Bar Councilor; Chair, Special Committee to Study Proposed Amendments to ABA Model Rules; Former Chair, Ethic Committee NC State Bar; Former VP, Mecklenburg County Bar; Former President NC Association of Defense Attorneys; Former Chair of NC Defense Fund; Former Board Member of Mecklenburg County Multiple Sclerosis Society

Professional Involvement: Frequent presenter at CLE's on both litigation and professional responsibility topics. Most recently at 2017 Business Court Seminar in Charlotte, presented on Ethics and answered questions about the NC State Bar.

Please describe in 150 words or less why you would be the best candidate for this position: I have worked with the State Bar for over 12 years as a Councilor or Advisory Member on various committees and boards. I am very familiar with the workings of the Bar and its interaction with both the public and the lawyers of North Carolina. I regularly receive calls from attorneys in Mecklenburg County on issues involving professional responsibility and hope I have performed a worthwhile service to the public, which is our highest calling, and also to the attorneys of our State.