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Mr. Allen is a frequent speaker at Continuing Legal Education seminars attended by attorneys, judges and insurance claims professionals, and his presentations and publications include:
  • Trying Auto Injury Cases (1991)
  • Crashworthiness and Products Liability (1992)
  • Insurance Bad Faith Law (1994)
  • Tort Reform, Auto Cases and Premises Liability (1995)
  • The ‘New’ Indiana Constitution (1996)
  • Bad Faith Litigation In Indiana (1997)
  • Achieving Success in the Practice of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death law (1998)
  • Civil Discovery: Arguing the Tough Issues (2000)
  • You’re On Trial! (2001)
  • Advanced Personal Injury Practice (2002)
  • Personal Injury Settlements (2002)
  • Superior Deposition Strategies (2003)
  • The (Revised) Ten Commandments of Cross Examination “Chapter 7: Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) (2005)
  • “Chapter 32: The Trial–Developing and Utilizing the Theme” (co-author)Truck Accident Litigation, 2nd Ed. (2006)
  • Voir Dire: A Primer (2007)
  • Five Keys to Successful Cross-Examination (2008)
  • Getting the Most Out of Your Evidence (2008)
  • Building Your Civil Trial Skills (2009)
  • Presenting Damages & Expert Testimony at Trial (2010)
  • Trial Presentation in Trucking Cases (2010)
  • How to Select the Right Jury For Your Case (2010)
  • Masters in the Courtoom (2010)
  • The Indiana Trial Lawyers Assocation (2010)
  • Winning Jury Verdicts (2010)
  • Trial Techniques in Trucking Cases, Trial Journal, Vol. 13, No.1 (Winter 2011)
  • Trial in Action: What Role Playing Can Reveal, Trial, Vol. 47, No. 12 and “Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) (December 2011)
  • Truck Accident Litigation, 3rdEd. “Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) Truck Accident Litigation, 3rd Ed. (2012)
  • Theories of liability and trial strategies in trucking cases (2012)
  • Presenting Damages & Life Care Planning Experts in Construction Accident Cases (2012)
  • “Big Screen Strategies,” Trial, Vol. 49, No. 1 (January 2013)
  • Trial, Damages and Obtaining the Excess Verdict (2014)
  • “Thinking Outside the Toolbox: Finding Third-Party Liability in Work Accident Cases” (co-author), Trial, Vol. 50, No. 4 He is a Sustaining Member of the American Association for Justice, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and holds membership in the Indiana State Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association Lake County (Indiana) Bar Association, Porter County (Indiana) Bar Association, the American Bar Association and is a Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation. (April 2014)
  • “Thinking Outside the Toolbox: Finding Third-Party Liability in Work Accident Cases” (co-author), Trial, Vol. 50, No. 4 (April 2014)
  • Trial, Damages and Obtaining the Excess Verdict (2014)
  • “Big Screen Strategies,” Trial, Vol. 49, No. 1 (January 2013)
  • Presenting Damages & Life Care Planning Experts in Construction Accident Cases (2012)
  • Theories of Liability in Semi-Truck Crashes (co-author) (2012)
  • “Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) Truck Accident Litigation, 3rd Ed. (2012)
Mr. Allen’s lectures and legal publications include:
  • Expert Witnesses in Civil Litigation (2021)
  • Interrogation with DDC in Semi-Truck Cases (2017)
  • Creative Presentation of Evidence in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases (2017)
  • Things You didn’t Learn in Law School (2016)
  • Representing Your Client in Federal Court: Testimony Tactics (2016)
  • Winning Brain Injury Cases (2014)
  • Getting the Most Out of Expert Witnesses (2014)
  • Trial, Damages and Obtaining the Excess Verdict (2014)
  • “Big Screen Strategies”, Trial, Vol. 49, No. 1 (January 2013)
  • Presenting Damages & Life Care Planning Experts in Construction Accident Cases (2012)
  • Theories of Liability in Semi-Truck Crashes (co-author) (2012)
  • “Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) Truck Accident Litigation, 3rd Ed., ABA (2012)
  • Powerful Demonstrative Evidence (2012)
  • Trial Technique in Action: What Role Playing Can Reveal, Trial, Vol. 47, No. 12 (December 2011)
  • Trial Techniques in Trucking Cases (2011)
  • Trial Presentation in Trucking Cases (2010)
  • Building Your Civil Trial Skills (2009)
  • Getting the Most Out of Your Evidence (2008)
  • Five Keys to Successful Cross-Examination (2008)
  • Insurance Bad Faith, Discovery and Assertions of Privilege (2007)
  • Voir Dire: A Primer (2007)
  • “Chapter 32: The Trial–Developing and Utilizing the Theme” (co-author) Truck Accident Litigation, 2nd Ed., ABA (2006)
  • “Chapter 7: Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) Truck Accident Litigation, 2nd Ed., ABA (2006)
  • The (Revised) Ten Commandments of Cross Examination (2005)
  • Superior Deposition Strategies (2003)
  • Personal Injury Settlements (2002)
  • Advanced Personal Injury Practice (2002)
  • You’re On Trial (2001)
  • Civil Discovery: Arguing the Tough Issues (2000)
  • Achieving Success in the Practice of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death law (1998)
  • Bad Faith Litigation In Indiana (1997)
  • The ‘New’ Indiana Constitution (1996)
  • Tort Reform, Auto Cases and Premises Liability (1995)
  • Insurance Bad Faith Law (1994)
  • Crashworthiness and Products Liability (1992)
  • Trying Auto Injury Cases (1991)
  • Trucking Regulations, Liability, and Litigation, NBI (September 12, 2023)
  • Litigating Truck Crash Injury Claims, Strafford (July 27, 2023)
  • Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases, Program Chair, ICLEF (April 21, 2023)
  • Trucking Regulations, Liability, and Litigation, NBI (December 19, 2022)
  • Trucking Accident Litigation 101, Federal Bar Association (December 14, 2022)
  • Indiana Trial Lawyers Institute Annual Institute, Program Chair, ITLA (November 2022)
  • Why Truck Cases Are Different, New Developments in Car and Crash Litigation, ITLA (August 25, 2022)
  • New Trucking Lawyers Division Bootcamp, Faculty, ATAA (April 2022)
  • FMCSA’s Safety Management Cycle, ATAA (September 24, 2021)
  • Truck Accident Litigation 101, Federal Bar Association (June 15, 2021)
  • Removed to Federal Court…Now What? ITLA (May 19, 2021)
  • Expert Witnesses in Civil Litigation, ICLEF (April 23, 2021)
  • Truck Accident Litigation from Start to Finish, NBI (May 11, 2020)
  • Litigating Trucking Accident Injury Claims, Strafford (April 30, 2020)
  • Trucking Regulations, Liability, and Litigation, NBI (April 8, 2020)
  • Truck Accident Litigation, ICLEF (March 4, 2020)
  • Collecting the Excess Verdict, Indianapolis Bar Association Bad Faith CLE (September 18, 2019)
  • Deposing the Truck Driver, ITLA, Indianapolis (May 9, 2019)
  • Litigating Truck Accident Injury Claims, Strafford (April 30, 2019)
  • Trucking Regulations, Liability & Litigation, NBI (April 8, 2019)
  • Wrongful Death Cases, ITLA, Indianapolis, IN (November 2, 2018)
  • Electronic Evidence in the Truck Crash Case, ITLA, Indianapolis, IN (May 11, 2018)
  • Damages in the Traumatic Brain Injury Case, NBI, Indianapolis, IN (March 10, 2017)
  • Creating and Collecting Excess Coverage, ITLA, Indianapolis, IN (October 7, 2016)
  • Chair, Ancillary Issues in Personal Injury Litigation, ICLEF, Merrillville, IN (October 5, 2016)
  • Chair, Ancillary Issues in Personal Injury Litigation, ICLEF, Indianapolis, IN (September 28, 2016)
  • Litigating the Federal Tort Claims Act Case, ITLA, Indianapolis, IN (May, 2016)
  • Trucking Regulations, Liability, and Litigation, NBI (February 9, 2016)
  • An Attorney’s Guide to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (NBI) (2015)
  • Trucking Regulations, Liability, and Litigation, (NBI) (2015)
  • Plaintiff's Perspective on Trial Rule 30(B)(6), DTCI, Bloomingon, IN (November 20, 2015)
  • Anatomy & Physiology for Attorneys, Moderator, NBI, Merrillville (June 26, 2015)
  • Collecting Judgments: When the Defense Lawyer’s Malpractice Coverage Becomes the Defendant’s Excess Coverage, ITLA, Indianapolis (June 12, 2015)
  • Trucking Regulations, Liability and Litigation (NBI) (2014)
  • Special Issues in Automobile Accident Cases, Chair, (ICLEF) (2014)
  • Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases, Chair, (ICLEF) (2014)
  • Suing the Sovereign: State and Federal Tort Claims (ICLEF) (2013)
  • Master Series Conference: Advanced Personal Injury, Chair, (ICLEF) (July, 2013)
  • Trucking Litigation: “Theories of Liability and Trial Strategies in Trucking Cases” (ICLEF) (May, 2012)
  • Trial Techniques in Trucking Cases, Trial Journal, Vol. 13, No.1 (Winter, 2011)
  • Trial Presentation in Trucking Cases (May, 2010)
  • Presenting Damages and Expert Testimony at Trial (May, 2010)
  • Voir Dire (November, 2009)
  • Obtaining the Best Settlement for Personal Injury Clients Merrillville, IN (October, 2007)
  • Why Commercial Motor Vehicle Cases are Different Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Minneapolis, MN (May, 2007)
  • Chapter 7: “Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) Truck Accident Litigation, 2nd Ed. (ABA) (2006)
  • Winning Your Trial Merrillville, IN (August, 2006)
  • Civil Trial from Start to Finish Merrillville, Indiana (December, 2005)
  • Advanced Personal Injury Practice Merrillville, Indiana (June, 2005)
  • SuperiorDeposition Strategies in Indiana Civil Trial Practice Merrillville, Indiana (December, 2004)
  • Trying the Automobile Case in Indiana South Bend, Indiana (July, 2004)
  • Privileged Communications Ramstein, Germany (July, 2003)
Robert D. Brown
Robert D. Brown
Appellate Attorney
Practice Areas
  • Summary Judgment – Why Bother?, Lake County Bar Association (2017)
  • Preserving Error for Appeal, ICLEF (2016)
  • Thinking Outside the Toolbox, (co-author), Trial, Vol. 50, No. 4, (April, 2014)
  • “Handling Your First Federal Case,” Applied Professionalism Course for Newly Admitted Attorneys, Lake County Bar Association (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Discovery Considerations and Strategies for the Insurance Company, ICLEF (1997)
  • Uninsured/Underinsured Motorists, ICLEF (Seminar Chair) (1996)
  • Legal Issues Relating to Voir Dire, ICLEF (1992)
  • Interpretation of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Policy Provisions, CLEF (1992)
  • “Interlocutory Appeals and Motion Practice in Federal Civil Appeals”, Northwest Indiana Chapter of Federal Bar Association (1990)
David W. Conover
David W. Conover
Trial Attorney
Practice Areas
Mr. Conover is a distinguished faculty member of the National Business Institute and has for years been a featured guest speaker and author with the Institute’s Continuing Legal Education series for attorneys. His presentations have included:
  • Advanced Auto Injury Litigation (2019)
  • Damages in Personal Injury Litigation (2018)
  • Expert Witnesses: Following Indiana Court Rules (2017)
  • Proving Pain & Suffering (2016)
  • Wrongful Death Litigation, Start to Finish (2015)
  • Advanced Trial Advocacy (2014)
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation (2013)
  • Legal Ethics (2012)
  • Building Your Civil Trial Skills (2011, 2012)
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation (2010)
  • Personal Injury Law 101 (2009)
  • Litigating the Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Claim (2009)
  • Litigating the Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Claim (2006)
  • Litigating Plaintiff’s Personal Injury – Start to Finish (2005)
  • Trying the Automobile Case in Indiana (2004)
  • Superior Deposition Strategies in Indiana Civil Cases (2002)
  • Automobile Injury claims in Indiana – What Insurers Don’t Want You To Know (2023)
  • Indiana Personal Injury Litigation Secrets (2022)
  • Indiana Rules of Evidence Toolkit (2022)
  • Legal Ethics – New Case Law and Rules (2022)
  • Pain and Suffering Damages in Personal Injury (2022)
  • Indiana Auto Injury Cases: From Accident to Trial (2021)
  • Ultimate Guide to Motor Vehicle Accident Cases (2020)
  • Advanced Auto Injury Litigation (2019)
  • Damages in Personal Injury Litigation (2018)
  • Expert Witnesses: Following Indiana Court Rules (2017)
  • Proving Pain & Suffering (2016)
  • Wrongful Death Litigation, Start to Finish (2015)
  • Advanced Trial Advocacy (2014)
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation (2013)
  • Legal Ethics (2012)
  • Building Your Civil Trial Skills (2011, 2012)
  • American Association for Justice.
    Semitruck rear-ends minivan at red light (October, 2010, Motor Vehicle Law Reporter – Verdicts & Settlements)
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation (2010)
  • Personal Injury Law 101 (2009)
  • Litigating the Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Claim (2009)
  • Litigating the Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Claim (2006)
  • Litigating Plaintiff’s Personal Injury – Start to Finish (2005)
  • Trying the Automobile Case in Indiana (2004)
  • National Business Institute, Litigation Seminar Faculty, Superior Deposition Strategies / Ethics (2002)

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If you or a loved one has been seriously injured or killed due to the wrongful acts of another, then you may have a legal claim for damages as well as the right to justice against the wrongdoer and you are welcomed to contact the Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland personal injury lawyers at Allen Law Group to schedule a free initial legal consultation.

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