John M. Allen

John Allen is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on defending employers and their insurers in a wide variety of workers’ compensation claims and defending businesses in maritime, personal injury, product liability, commercial, employment, and environmental lawsuits throughout the Midwest. As a business counselor, John advises companies on a variety of matters, including business creation, corporate transactions, employment-related matters, and various operational issues.

John has represented employers and insurers in Missouri and Illinois throughout the entire workers’ compensation process. He has handled claims for his clients from the initial accident investigation, through trial, and on appeal. John’s maritime experience includes representing operators and insurers from discovery through trial in maritime cases involving personal injury and property damage in some of the most difficult venues in the country. John has also served as statewide counsel for an insurer that underwrites liability claims against hardware stores in Missouri, and he has represented a Fortune 500 company in commercial and employment matters in jurisdictions around the country. John’s environmental work includes representing a landowner in an environmental dispute involving soil, water, and air contamination, and he also successfully represented a major oil refiner in a CERCLA contribution action involving the remediation of a former refinery.

Honors & Awards

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent

Publications & Events

Presentations

•Presenter, “Missouri Workers’ Compensation,” Falls Lake Insurance, Raleigh, NC, May 30, 2018
•Co-Presenter, “Admiralty and Maritime Law,” Berkley One, Wilmington, DE, May 16, 2018

Webinars

•Presenter, “Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Compensation and Liability Claims in the Show-Me State,” GS Webinar Series, April 29, 2020
•Presenter, “Tips for Closing out the Claim with the Unrepresented Claimant in MO,” Workers’ Compensation Webinar, August 16, 2017

Podcasts

•Contributor, “ Maritime Workers’ Comp Claims and the Color of Water, ” Timely Notice, August 14, 2018

Recent Insights

Gate Swings in Favor of Employer

October 9, 2019

Industries in Focus: Retail and Hospitality

August 26, 2019

No More Punies: Supreme Court Rejects Punitive Damages for Unseaworthiness

July 24, 2019

Industries in Focus: Maritime

June 3, 2019

Missouri State Representative Robert Cornejo Will Replace John Larsen as Chairman of the Labor and Industrial Relations Board

August 24, 2018

Pirates of the Law

August 9, 2017