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Charles M. Allen

Partner
Richmond, Virginia
Office: (804) 346-5087
callen@goodmanallen.com

Mr. Allen is a founder and the Managing Member of Goodman Allen & Filetti, PLLC. His practice focuses on providing clients a wide range of intellectual property, commercial, product liability, professional liability, and complex litigation services. His extensive experience in intellectual property litigation, patent prosecution, trademark and copyright registration earned the firm recognition as a listed Go -To Law Firm ® of a top U.S. company in intellectual property for the last six years. Mr. Allen has served as an adjunct professor of law at T.C. Williams Law School (University of Richmond), Liberty University School of Law and The Judge Advocate General's School of the Army. He served as the Chair of the Virginia State Bar's Standing Committee on Professionalism and is a frequent lecturer on litigation techniques including the use of technology in litigation, as well as ethics and professional issues.





Education:

  • U.S. Military Academy, B.S. (1976)
  • Harvard School of Law, J.D. (Cum Laude) (1982)

Military:

  • Colonel (retired), Judge Advocate General's Corps
  • U.S. Army Reserve (1989-present)
  • U.S. Army (1976-1989)

Admitted to Practice:

  • Massachusetts, 1982
  • Virginia, 1989
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1998
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2008 
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals (Armed Forces, 1983; 4th Circuit, 1989; D.C. Circuit, 2004)
  • U.S. District Courts (E.D. Va., 1989; D. Mass., 1991; W.D. Mich., 1993; D.D.C., 2000; W.D. Va. 2005)

Awards and Service:

  • The Legal Elite (Intellectual Property), Virginia Business Magazine, 2003, 2006-2010
  • Virginia Super Lawyers (Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation) 2007-2010 
  • Best Lawyers in America (Intellectual Property) 2007-2010
  • Best Lawyers in Richmond (Product Liability), Richmond Magazine, 1999
  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (2008)
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Virginia State Bar
    • Standing Committee of Professionalism, 2009-present (Chair, 2009-2010)
    • Mandatory Professionalism Course Faculty, 2003-2006
    • Mandatory Continuing Education Committee, 1998-2005
  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Greater Richmond Intellectual Property Law Association
    • Past President (2007)
  • AIPLA
  • Richmond Bar Association 
  • Advisory Council, Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, 2010-present
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Liberty University School of Law, 2007-2008
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, T.C. Williams Law School, University of Richmond, 1996-2002
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, The Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army, Charlottesville, VA , 1991-2003
  • Board of Governors, Pentagon Officers Athletic Club, 1986-1988
  • Outstanding Young Military Service Attorney, U.S. Army, 1987-1988, Young Lawyers Division, ABA 
  • Board of Directors, Christian Youth Theater, Richmond, 2010-present 
  • Servant Leadership Council,Gayton Baptist Church, 2008-present

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