Biography
 rooke Allen focuses her litigation practice in representing persons and entities involved in business disputes, construction litigation, insurance defense and subrogation, real estate and probate issues. She has experience in both state and federal court and extensive training in electronic discovery matters. Ms. Allen also represents small businesses in the creation of new entities, negotiations of contracts, leases and small employment matters. Ms. Allen is also active in the local and state bar community as Past President of the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association and current Director on the Board of the Texas Young Lawyers Association. Civically, she is involved with Santa Fe Youth Services, All Saints Episcopal School Alumni Board and many other organizations.
Area of Practice
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Airline & Aviation Manufacture Defense
Aviation & Aerospace Law
Business & Commercial Law
Business Organization
Civil Litigation
Construction Law
Consumer Protection
Contracts
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Family Law
Insurance Defense
Insurance Law
Insurance Subrogation
Personal Injury Defense
Probate and Estate Administration
Products Liability |
Honors and Awards
President’s Award of Merit – Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2009
Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2008-2010
Top Attorney, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, 2007-2010
National Order of the Barristers
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law Texas State Bar Professionalism Honoree
Bar Admissions
Texas, 2005
United States Supreme Court, 2009
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
Professional Associations and Memberships
State Bar of Texas
Texas Young Lawyers Association, Board of Directors - District 10
Tarrant County Bar Association, Member and Bench Bar Committee
Fort Worth-Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, President, 2010
Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court, Associate
Professional Publications and Presentations
R U Safe? Protecting Yourself in Cyberspace - presented to S. Grand Prairie 9th Grade, October 2010
Tips for Small Businesses - presented to the Tarrant County College Small Business Association Fasttrac Class, April and November 2008, October 2009
How Will You Be Remembered? - E-News, Texas Young Lawyers Association, April 2008
They Insisted on E-discovery, Now What? -
E-News, Texas Young Lawyers Association, November 2008
Lawyers Statistics - E-News, Texas Young Lawyers Association, September 2008
FLDS Update - E-News, Texas Young Lawyers Association, August 2008
Community Activities
All Saints Episcopal School Alumni Association, Member
Santa Fe Youth Services, Courthouse Jam Committee
Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer
Fort Worth Junior Women's Club, Department President, 2010
The Barnaby Club of Fort Worth, Member
Fort Worth Republican Women, Vice President
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Campaign Liaison
Education
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas
J.D., magna cum laude, 2005
Honors & Participation:
The Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Member
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Dean’s Scholar
State Bar of Texas Young Lawyers Law Student Division, Secretary
Tarrant County Bar Association, Student Representative
TWU National Mock Trial Team
TWU National Moot Court Team
Academic Support Teaching Assistant
Auburn University - Auburn, Alabama
BA, cum laude, 1999
Honors & Participation:
Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, President
Alpha Chi Omega, Fundraising and Altruism Director
Dean’s Scholar
Other Experience
Asst. Adjunct Professor, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, "Taking the Bar Exam"
Law Clerk, the Honorable Bonnie Sudderth, 352nd Judicial District of Tarrant County, Texas
Vice President, UB Homes, LLC
Director of Marketing, Sundance Associates, Inc.
Territory Manager, Black and Decker, Inc.
Intern, the Honorable Kay Granger, Sonny Callahan and Bob Riley (now Governor of Alabama)
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