EDITORIAL REVIEW
Ass ociates (Valparaiso, Ind.) The state’s most
successful PI attorney won Indiana’s largest verdict,
$48M for a steelworker rendered paraplegic
after falling from a ladder.
—2008 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Forged by life experience gained working in the steel mills of Gary, Indiana, and in the boxing ring at Cambridge University, Allen’s passionate pursuit of his client’s cases has resulted in over $100 million in verdicts.
— Lawdragon,
January 2008
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KENNETH J. ALLEN was graduated from VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY with a BA in English, attended CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
(England) where he was a member of the Boxing Team (CUABC) and received his JD, cum laude, from INDIANA
UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON, where he was a Stephenson Fellow. He has worked as a Union Carpenter, Millright & Piledriver (UBC),
RR Track Laborer (BMWE), Teamster (IBT) and Construction Laborer (IBL). He has also served as Judge, pro tempore.
Mr. Allen is a member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Indiana and Illinois Supreme Courts and the Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals. He 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 (2005); “Chapter 7: Spoliation of Evidence” (co-author) TRUCK
ACCIDENT LITIGATION, 2 Ed. (ABA: 2nd Ed: 2006); “Chapter 32: The Trial–Developing and Utilizing the Theme” (co-author) TRUCK
ACCIDENT LITIGATION, 2nd Ed. (ABA: 2006); Building Your Civil Trial Skills (2007), Five Keys to Successful Cross-Examination
(2008); Getting the Most Out of Your Evidence (2008). His professional association memberships, past and current, include:
the American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member), the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (Sustaining Member) and the
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Sustaining Member), as well as membership in the Indiana State Bar Association, the
Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association, Porter County Bar Association, and
the American Bar Association. He received the Fifth Annual Child Safety Advocate Award from the I.U. School of Medicine and
is a Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum – The Top Trial Lawyers in America. Mr. Allen was selected as a
Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and also named a Distinguished Barrister for his leadership in the law.
Mr. Allen’s clients have won over $150,000,000.00 in verdicts, and he has appeared as counsel for the plaintiff in over
100 trials and published appellate court decisions. His cases have been listed among the country’s "Top 100 Verdicts" and
recognized in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Crane's Chicago Business, Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Tribune, among
other publications. He has been named as Class Counsel in several class actions including: In Re South Shore Train Crash at
Gary, Indiana on January 18, 1993, In Re: Nurseryland Bus Crash at Gary, Indiana on June 25, 1998; and In re Truck/Train
Collision at Portage, Indiana on June 18, 1998. He was appointed to Plaintiffs’ Discovery Committee In re: Air Crash
Disaster at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989 (United Airlines DC-10 plane crash). He has been interviewed on CNN, NBC, CBS,
ABC, WGN, FOX, ABC’s Dateline, Inside Edition, on Oprah, named as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America and also
selected as one of the Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyers in America by LawDragon.
VIDEOS
AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: DOCTOR FLEES
COUNTRY TO AVOID MALPRACTICE/FRAUD TRIALS
$55M SUIT FILED AGAINST STEELMAKER BY BURN VICTIM
TRAIN CRASH
VICTIMS RAILROADED BY FEDERAL LAW
$50
MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST CITY
CLTV
10-16-2007
$50
MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST CITY
CLTV
10-15-2007
$50
MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST CITY
WBBM
$50
MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST CITY
WLS
$50
MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST CITY
WMAQ
10-16-2007
$50
MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST CITY
WMAQ
10-15-2007
$50
MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT AGAINST CITY
WYIN
PETER PAN PEANUT BUTTER LAWSUIT &
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
ABC 7 News
PETER PAN PEANUT BUTTER LAWSUIT &
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
FOX 32 News
PETER PAN PEANUT BUTTER LAWSUIT &
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
NBC 5 News
PETER PAN PEANUT BUTTER LAWSUIT &
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
CLTV News
PETER PAN PEANUT BUTTER LAWSUIT &
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
NBC 5 News - Chicago
INDIANA MAN IS AWARDED $20 MILLION FROM
ALLSTATE
Fox Chicago News
INDIANA MAN IS AWARDED $20 MILLION FROM
ALLSTATE
ABC 7 News
LAWSUIT FILED BY CHICAGO SKYWAY CRASH VICTIMS
Fox Chicago News
FAMILY SUES OVER FATAL CARNIVAL FALL
NBC 5 News
FAMILY SUES OVER FATAL CARNIVAL FALL
Fox Chicago News
FAMILY SUES OVER FATAL CARNIVAL FALL
WGN 9 News
SURGEON FLEES TO AVOID WRONGFUL DEATH
CLAIM
Fox Chicago News
SURGEON FLEES TO AVOID WRONGFUL DEATH
CLAIM
Dateline NBC
DOCTOR'S NEGLIGENCE FAILED TO SPOT WOMAN'S CANCER
NBC
ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION VIDEOS
KENNETH J. ALLEN AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. limits its practice to the representation of plaintiffs in serious personal
injury and wrongful death litigation, exclusively. The firm maintains two offices in Indiana and two offices in Illinois.
