Mr. Allen is the principal in the law firm of Graves & Allen, with a general civil practice that since 1973 emphasized negotiation, structuring, and documentation of real estate, loans, and other business transactions, receiverships, civil litigation, and bankruptcy. He has handled numerous major real estate and business transactions and many large loan transactions. In addition, He has extensive litigation experience. He has enjoyed a Martindale-Hubbel Av Rating for more than 30 years and is a Northern California SuperLawer. 

Mr. Allen also provides services as an arbitrator and as a mediator; he has accepted assignments from numerous courts as a referee and as a receiver. He has taught at the University of California, St. Mary’s College of Moraga, University of Phoenix, Cal State University of the East Bay, and the Oakland College of Law.  He has also presented at numerous continuing education programs respecting technology and the law, litigation skills, evidence, real property, and alternative dispute resolution for a variety of bar associations and other organizations throughout the United States.

Mr. Allen has actively participated in the work of the ABA since the early 1980s. He has worked primarily with the Senior Lawyers’ Division (SLD), and the Solo, Small Firm, and General Practice Division. (GPSolo), and the Dispute Resolution Section.  He has served on editorial boards for Experience Magazine, the Voice of Experience, Solo Magazine, the GP Solo eReport, and the Technology eReport (serving as editor-in-chief for the last three publications. He has also served as an editorial board member for the ABA Journal and as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Technology and Information Services.   He served as a member of the Counsel for both GPSolo and the SLD and as the Secretary of the SLD.

He lives in Oakland, California with his wife Anne, their Labrador Retriever, Bella, and their Beagle, Bagel.