Profile: Randall L Allen

Randall L Allen Law Firm: Alston & Bird LLP
Office: Alston & Bird LLP
One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
30309-3424
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: USA
Tel: +1 404 881 7196
Fax: +1 404 881 7777
Email: randall.allen@alston.com

Competition

Biography: Competition

Randall Allen is a partner in Alston & Bird's litigation and trial practice group, and concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation with a focus on antitrust litigation and counselling. Mr Allen also leads the firm's antitrust merger counselling effort and frequently appears before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on behalf of large public clients.

Mr Allen has extensive antitrust litigation experience. For example, he recently served as lead counsel for Mohawk Industries in a nationwide grand jury investigation of alleged price fixing in the carpet industry. Mr Allen also represented Mohawk in the related nationwide price fixing class action and state court indirect purchaser class actions. He recently represented a manufacturer of consumer products in litigation with a terminated distributor alleging unlawful distribution practices under the Sherman Act. Randall frequently counsels clients on antitrust compliance and risk assessment related to pricing, distribution and strategic planning.

Mr Allen often represents clients in connection with merger reviews by the antitrust enforcement authorities. His practice includes pre-merger analysis, Hart-Scott Rodino filings and responding to 'second requests' from the antitrust enforcement authorities. He has represented companies in merger reviews covering a variety of industries, including internet, technology, consumer products manufacturing and distribution, healthcare, construction equipment and professional services in merger-related investigations.

Mr Allen is vice chair of the section one committee of the antitrust section of the ABA and a member of the board of the antitrust section of the Georgia State Bar.

Mr Allen received his JD, cum laude, in 1986, and his BA in 1982, from Georgia State University.

This biography is an extract from Who's Who Legal: Georgia which can be purchased from our bookstore.

Commercial Litigation

Biography: Commercial Litigation

Randall Allen is a partner in Alston & Bird's litigation and trial practice group, and concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation with a focus on antitrust litigation and counselling. Mr Allen also leads the firm's antitrust merger counselling effort and frequently appears before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on behalf of large public clients.

Mr Allen has extensive antitrust litigation experience. For example, he recently served as lead counsel for Mohawk Industries in a nationwide grand jury investigation of alleged price fixing in the carpet industry. Mr Allen also represented Mohawk in the related nationwide price fixing class action and state court indirect purchaser class actions. He recently represented a manufacturer of consumer products in litigation with a terminated distributor alleging unlawful distribution practices under the Sherman Act. Randall frequently counsels clients on antitrust compliance and risk assessment related to pricing, distribution and strategic planning.

Mr Allen often represents clients in connection with merger reviews by the antitrust enforcement authorities. His practice includes pre-merger analysis, Hart-Scott Rodino filings and responding to 'second requests' from the antitrust enforcement authorities. He has represented companies in merger reviews covering a variety of industries, including internet, technology, consumer products manufacturing and distribution, healthcare, construction equipment and professional services in merger-related investigations.

Mr Allen is vice chair of the section one committee of the antitrust section of the ABA and a member of the board of the antitrust section of the Georgia State Bar.

Mr Allen received his JD, cum laude, in 1986, and his BA in 1982, from Georgia State University.

This biography is an extract from Who's Who Legal: Georgia which can be purchased from our bookstore.