Allan graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978, after earning his B.A. summa cum laude from Cornell, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Lambda Phi. With over 40 years of legal experience, Allan has extensive trial experience, successfully handling some of the largest equitable distribution cases in New York.
He is a former President of the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has served as counsel to the AAML. Allan is also affiliated with the International Academy of Family Lawyers, the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York State Bar Association (Executive Committee of the Family Law Section), and the American Bar Association. Additionally, he has been a Board member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation and has served as counsel to the Foundation. Allan participated in the Matrimonial Commission, appointed by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, which studied matrimonial law reform; its findings were reported in February 2006 and informed improvements in litigation in both Family Court and the Supreme Court. He has lectured and published articles on various family law topics.
Allan has been appointed multiple times by the New York State Supreme Court to conduct neutral evaluations in cases to facilitate settlements and has mediated for this purpose at the request of litigants. He has also served as a discovery master in complex financial cases. Allan and his wife, Debra, reside in Battery Park City, Manhattan.
In addition to being the managing partner of the firm, Allan acts as the firm’s General Counsel.
