Allen L. Michel, Special Counsel, has been Berger Kahn’s in house and outside general counsel for 30 years, and has rejoined the firm to reinforce its jury trial practice. Allen is a State Bar-certified Legal Malpractice Specialist with almost five decades of jury trial and appellate experience focused on complex business and real property litigation matters, often as elements of lawsuits against lawyers and law firms. Allen has handled virtually all types of cases, including insurance bad faith, subrogation, property insurance claims, negligence, conflicts of interest and other breaches of fiduciary duty, fraud, fee disputes, malicious prosecution, and State Bar disciplinary proceedings.

Allen has lectured to groups of attorneys throughout the country on issues of legal ethics, legal malpractice, risk management, and attorney’s fees. He is frequently consulted by attorneys evaluating complex malpractice or conflict of interest issues, and he is often retained to testify at trial as an expert witness in such matters.

Allen is a member of various professional organizations focusing on issues of professional competence and ethics. Now a resident of Calabasas after 37 years on the Westside of L.A., he admits to being a mediocre golfer, a slowing but still effective player on a softball team he co-founded in 1976, and an avid Dodger fan.