John M. Allen
Partner
Experience
John Allen serves as co-chair of Goldberg Segalla’s Transportation practice group, a national team focused on meeting all of the legal needs of trucking companies, transportation network companies, maritime operators, logistics companies, and others in the transportation industry. John focuses his practice on defending businesses and their insurers in transportation, catastrophic personal injury, product liability, and employment litigation. He also regularly represents clients in commercial lawsuits throughout the Midwest. As a business counselor, John advises companies on a variety of matters, including business creation, corporate transactions, and employment-related matters.
Related Areas
Experience Highlights
John represents motor carriers and their insurers in catastrophic accident cases in Missouri, Illinois and throughout the Midwest. John has tried several cases to verdict on behalf of companies in the transportation industry. His trial successes include securing a defense verdict for a foodservice company accused of providing a defective truck ramp. Demonstrating his creative trial skills, John advised a trucking company to admit fault and try a serious personal injury case on damages alone. That strategic decision paid off, as the jury awarded the four plaintiffs a total of $113,000.00, far less than the plaintiffs’ $1.475 million demand. Relying on his experience and training as a certified mediator, John has favorably resolved numerous cases early in the litigation process, often pre-suit, saving his clients the significant expense and uncertainty of trial.
John’s maritime experience includes representing operators and insurers from the initial accident investigation through trial in maritime cases involving personal injury and property damage in some of the most difficult venues in the country.
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, including oral argument to the Missouri Supreme Court, and the Eastern and Western District Courts of Appeals.
Honors & Awards
Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent
Best Lawyers in America
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers, 2025
Background
Admissions
- Illinois
- Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
Education
- St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., 2000
- St. Louis University, B.A., 1996
Professional Affiliations
- Missouri Bar Association
- Illinois Bar Association
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
News & Knowledge
Publications & Events
- “Claims Best Practices,” 2024 Food Service Risk Management Safety Summit, Arlington, TX, June 4-5, 2024
- “Missouri Workers’ Compensation,” Falls Lake Insurance, Raleigh, NC, May 30, 2018
- “Admiralty and Maritime Law,” Co-Presenter, Berkley One, Wilmington, DE, May 16, 2018
- “Strategies for Defending Against Maritime Industry Claims: OSHA, the Jones Act, and More,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, February 15, 2022
- “Wading Through the Murky Waters of Jones Act and Longshore Claims,” GS Webinar Series, May 19, 2021
- “Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Compensation and Liability Claims in the Show-Me State,” GS Webinar Series, April 29, 2020
- “Tips for Closing out the Claim with the Unrepresented Claimant in MO,” GS Webinar Series, August 16, 2017
- Contributor, “Maritime Workers’ Comp Claims and the Color of Water,” Timely Notice, August 14, 2018
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