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Lynn M. Allen, Partner

Lynn M. Allen

Phone: 602-443-0402
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: LAllen@AllenAndLewis.com

Lynn Allen is an experienced trial lawyer who represents her clients in a wide variety of complex cases, including insurance coverage disputes, insurance bad faith, defense of personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits, intellectual property, and employment discrimination.

Ms. Allen is a founding partner of Allen & Lewis, PLC, who has led litigation matters involving high-profile insurance coverage disputes, insurance bad faith, employment discrimination and unfair practices, and automobile accidents that have resulted in successful verdicts.

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Education
Arizona State University, J.D., cum laude, 1989

University of California, Irvine, B.A., 1986

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Rob K. Lewis, Partner

Rob K. Lewis

Phone: 602-443-0360
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: RLewis@AllenAndLewis.com

Rob Lewis is a founding partner of Allen & Lewis, PLC, and has noted experience with intervention and other complex procedural challenges that often attend such litigation. His experience as a senior claims representative with State Farm Automobile Insurance Company prior to law school helps Mr. Lewis bring a unique perspective and hands-on understanding to the industry in his representation of Allen & Lewis, PLC, clients.

Robert K. Lewis represents defendants and plaintiffs across a wide spectrum of litigation matters, including insurance coverage disputes, bad faith, construction litigation, premise liability, and employment cases.

Mr. Lewis has extensive experience and has successfully represented clients in cases ranging from injury to complicated large-exposure wrongful death trials. He has defended coverage cases at trial, including insurance bad faith cases involving third-party and first-party bad faith. Included among his successful defenses is the multi-million dollar Damron agreement.

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Education
University of Arizona, J.D., cum laude, 1995

University of Arizona, B.A., 1988

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Kenneth W. Welsh, Partner

Kenneth W. Welsh

Phone: 602-443-0402
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: KWelsh@allenandlewis.com

Kenneth Welsh, Jr., represents clients in a wide variety of cases, including construction litigation, commercial litigation, catastrophic injury and wrongful death defense, subrogation, general civil litigation, and corporate transactional matters.

Mr. Welsh is well known for his successful work with corporate clients in contract development and enforcement issues, corporate collection matters, pre-litigation assessment and avoidance, alternative dispute resolution, and other complex transactional matters.

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Education
University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 2000

Northern Arizona University, B.S., with distinction, 1996

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Ryan A. Lamb, Associate

Ryan A. Lamb

Phone: 602-443-0402
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: RLamb@AllenAndLewis.com

Ryan Lamb represents defendants and plaintiffs in wide range of cases, including insurance defense, medical malpractice, construction litigation, and insurance coverage disputes.

Mr. Lamb worked for a small Phoenix law firm prior to joining Allen & Lewis, PLC, concentrating on plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and premises liability case work.

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Education
Hamline University School of Law, JD, 2004

Arizona State University B.S., magna cum laude. 2000

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Caitlin O'Connell, Associate

Caitlin O'Connell

Phone: 602 443-0398
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: COconnell@AllenAndLewis.com

Caitlin O'Connell is an associate attorney at Allen and Lewis, PLC and has represented defendants and plaintiffs in a variety of cases, including insurance defense, construction defect, premise liability, and tort claims.

Ms. O’Connell was born in Minnesota, but has been an Arizona resident since 1999. She received her undergraduate degree in Urban Studies from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

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Education
Vassar College, 2005, B.A. with departmental honors

Arizona State University College of Law, 2008, J.D.


Shannon O'Connell, Associate

Shannon O'Connell

Phone: 602 443-0356
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: SOconnell@AllenAndLewis.com

Shannon O'Connell dedicates her practice to representing plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving insurance coverage disputes, bad faith, construction litigation and tort claims.

She previously worked at a Scottsdale firm in the area of homeowners association law. Ms. O’Connell was born and raised in St. Paul, MN, but has migrated south to make Phoenix home.


Education
University of Minnesota, J.D., Cum Laude, 2003

St. Olaf College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 2000


R. Christopher Pierce, Associate

Chris Pierce

Phone: 602 443-0402
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: CPierce@AllenAndLewis.com

Chris Pierce is an associate attorney at Allen and Lewis, PLC and represents clients in a wide variety of cases, including construction litigation, commercial litigation, catastrophic injury and wrongful death defense, subrogation, general civil litigation, and corporate transactional matters.

Mr. Pierce was born in Texas, but has made Arizona his home since 1990, attending the University of Arizona for both an undergraduate in engineering and then law school. Prior to law school he worked for a prominent avionics company in the Phoenix area.


Education
University of Arizona, J.D., 2009

University of Arizona, B.S., 2006


Amanda Taylor, Associate

Amanda Taylor

Phone: 602-443-0402
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: ATaylor@AllenAndLewis.com

Amanda Taylor represents clients in a variety of cases, including insurance coverage disputes, bad faith, and tort claims.

Ms. Taylor worked at a mid-sized Phoenix law firm prior to joining Allen & Lewis, PLC, where she focused her practice mainly on insurance coverage disputes and construction litigation.


Education
Arizona State University College of Law, J.D., 2005

Eastern Illinois University, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 2002


Christopher A. Treadway, Associate

Christopher A. Treadway

Phone: 602-443-0402
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: CTreadway@AllenAndLewis.com

Christopher Treadway is an associate attorney at Allen & Lewis, PLC, and has worked on a variety of cases, including automobile accidents, tire failures, construction defects, premise liability, and bad faith and insurance coverage opinions.

Mr. Treadway was an associate at Tharpe & Howell in Phoenix before joining the Allen & Lewis, PLC, law firm.

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Education
Golden Gate University, San Francisco, JD, 2005

San Francisco State University, M.A., 2002

University of Oregon, B.S., 1998


Amy N. Toppel, Associate

Amy N. Toppel

Phone: 602-443-0402
FAX: 602-443-0403
Email: AToppel@AllenAndLewis.com

Amy Toppel is an associate attorney with Allen & Lewis, PLC. Her practice includes the successful representation of defendants and plaintiffs in a wide variety of insurance defense cases, among them construction defect litigation, commercial litigation, premise liability, personal injury, insurance coverage disputes, and bad faith.

Ms. Toppel has also gained experience in landlord and tenant law, as well as employment law.

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Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law, JD, Dean’s List, 2002

University of Colorado, B.S., 1999


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