Jeffrey Allen

Jeffrey Allen is an Oakland real estate and business attorney whose practice has emphasized transactions, civil litigation, and dispute resolution since 1973. He advises lenders, borrowers, developers, contractors, brokers, landlords, tenants, title companies, and other business clients. His work includes structuring and documenting real estate transactions and loans, as well as receiverships and bankruptcy matters. He also serves as an arbitrator and mediator, drawing on extensive experience with commercial disputes and real property issues.

Jeffrey earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970 and a J.D. from the university’s Boalt Hall School of Law in 1973. During law school, he participated in the California Law Review and helped establish the Ecology Law Quarterly. He also served on moot court teams and received an American Jurisprudence Award for work in creditors’ remedies. This education informed a practice encompassing commercial transactions, creditor issues, and litigation.

Jeffrey has handled major real estate and loan transactions and served as a receiver for properties and businesses collectively valued at more than $100 million. He has also served as a bankruptcy trustee in the Northern District of California. His arbitration work covers business and contract disputes, real property, construction, securities, employment, and personal injury matters. He has appeared in state and federal courts and regularly works as a neutral helping parties evaluate competing claims and possible resolutions. These assignments involved the oversight of operating businesses and real property under court supervision.

Jeffrey Allen has held numerous leadership roles in the American Bar Association, including positions involving real property, bankruptcy, litigation, technology, and dispute resolution. He has written and edited publications on legal practice and technology, including ABA periodicals. His work has received an AV peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He combines transactional experience, litigation knowledge, and service as a neutral to help clients and disputing parties address financially significant legal problems.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Graves & Allen
• Special Master, The State Bar of California
• Vice Chair and Chair, Real Property Practice Committee, American Bar Association
• Vice Chair, Continuing Education Committee, Alameda County Bar Association
• Arbitrator, Alameda County Superior Court Panel of Civil Arbitrators
• Member, Panel of Mediators, Alameda County Bar Association Panel of Mediators
• Member, Lawyers Club
• Member, American Trial Lawyer’s Association
• Member, California Trial Lawyer’s Association
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators
• Arbitrator, NASD Public Arbitration Panel

Licensed State

• California

Education

• Boalt Hall Law School, University of California, Berkeley
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of California, Berkeley
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science

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