About David
David N. Allen: Litigation Attorney in Charlotte, NC
David N. Allen is a seasoned litigation attorney with over three decades of experience. He has represented individuals and corporations in complex business litigation, mass tort litigation/class actions, medical malpractice law, personal injury litigation, and product liability litigation. His expertise includes representing manufacturing and chemical companies, local governments, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, physicians and hospitals throughout the region. He also handles high-value matters for excess carriers.
Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Affiliations
- Firms: Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP
- North Carolina State Bar (NC State Bar): Councilor and former Ethics Committee Chairperson
David Allen is a frequent lecturer on trial practice for legal education events. He has been recognized as one of North Carolina’s leading lawyers by organizations such as Business North Carolina Magazine, The Best Lawyers in America®, and the Charlotte Advocates for Justice.
Education & Credentials
- Universities: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Education: JD from The University of North Carolina School of Law (2002)
- Bar Admissions: North Carolina, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Awards & Recognitions: Lawyer of the Year: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Charlotte (2020); NCADA Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy (2020); Business North Carolina Magazine’s
Practice Areas
Case History
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Charlotte (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Charlotte (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Charlotte (2013)
- Lawyer of the Year: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Charlotte (2012)
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Recognized: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Recognized: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Practice Area: Mass Tort Litigation
- Practice Area: Medical Malpractice Law
- Practice Area: Personal Injury Litigation
- Practice Area: Product Liability Litigation
- Special Focus: Catastrophic Injury
- Special Focus: Class Actions
- Special Focus: Hospital Malpractice
- Special Focus: Insurance
- Special Focus: Insurance Coverage
- Special Focus: Mass Tort
- Special Focus: Medical Devices
- Special Focus: Medical Malpractice
- Special Focus: Medical Negligence
- Special Focus: Nursing Homes
- Special Focus: Personal Injury
- Special Focus: Pharmaceutical
- Special Focus: Product Liability
- Special Focus: Professional Malpractice
- Special Focus: Punitive Damages
- Special Focus: Sex Abuse
- Special Focus: Toxic Tort
- “Acritas Star” by Acritas (2019)
- NCADA Award for Trial Excellence (2020)
- Charlotte Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation- Defendants (2012), Personal Injury Litigation- Defendants (2013), Mass Torts/Class Actions (2017)
- North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leaders in the Law (2012)
- The Best Lawyers in America© in Mass Tort Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation (2005-2024)
- North Carolina Super Lawyers List in Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury – Products: Defense, and Civil Litigation: Defense (2006-2025)
- Business North Carolina Magazine’s "Legal Elite" (2005-2007, 2010, 2013, 2017-2019, 2021, 2025)
