Frank D. Allen, Jr. is a former trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with over 30 years of legal experience, including litigating a wide variety of legal and factual issues. After an extensive and varied career in government service with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Frank Allen retired and opened an office in his home on Capitol Hill. He provides legal services for single, married, or partnered District of Columbia (DC) residents who may not think of themselves as "wealthy," but who have accumulated substantial and valuable property, as a result of the growth in home values, the increasing popularity of defined contribution retirement plans and IRA's, and by saving some of what they have earned through their working lives.
His extensive legal experience taught him the importance of looking ahead, planning for various contingencies and carefully documenting the result intended when those contingencies occur. A little forethought can avoid a lot of expense, uncertainty and controversy later.
Justice, Vanderbilt Moot Court, 1962-1964. Assistant General Counsel (1992-1994) and Senior Counsel (1987-1992, 1994-1995), Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1987-1995. Senior Attorney, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1975-1987. Deputy Chief, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1971-1975. Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1966-1971.