ATTORNEYS
Lynn M. Allen, Partner

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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Rob K. Lewis, Partner

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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Kenneth W. Welsh, Partner

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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Ryan A. Lamb, Associate

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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Hamline University School of Law,
JD, 2004
Arizona State University
B.S., magna cum laude. 2000
Professional Activities
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Caitlin O'Connell, Associate

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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Vassar College, 2005, B.A. with departmental honors
Arizona State University College of Law, 2008, J.D.
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Shannon O'Connell, Associate

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.
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University of Minnesota, J.D., Cum Laude, 2003
St. Olaf College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 2000
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R. Christopher Pierce, Associate

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.
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University of Arizona, J.D., 2009
University of Arizona, B.S., 2006
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Amanda Taylor, Associate

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.
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Arizona State University College of Law, J.D., 2005
Eastern Illinois University, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 2002
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Christopher A. Treadway, Associate

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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Golden Gate University, San Francisco,
JD, 2005
San Francisco State University,
M.A., 2002
University of Oregon,
B.S., 1998 |
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Amy N. Toppel, Associate

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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Chicago-Kent College of Law,
JD, Dean’s List, 2002
University of Colorado,
B.S., 1999
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As the lawyers of Allen & Lewis, PLC, we hope that you will consider our firm, a quality choice in the Southwest.
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