Timothy E. Allen
Tim is a seasoned trial lawyer and is regularly recognized as a Washington Super Lawyer, an honor limited to the top 5% of attorneys in Washington. He is respected for his ability to navigate complex litigation on both sides of the bar. He represents defendant healthcare providers in medical negligence cases, but also represents plaintiffs in significant personal injury, civil rights, and insurance coverage/bad faith actions. Tim is licensed to practice in Washington and Oregon and represents clients in both state and federal courts. If you are confronting a significant legal problem, you should see whether Tim may be able to help you.
DEFENSE
As a defense attorney, Tim has obtained defense verdicts, dismissals, and favorable settlements for clients including health care providers in over twenty-five different specialties, hospitals, clinics, employers, universities, product manufacturers, building contractors, insurance brokers, and insurance companies. Tim also represents healthcare providers in licensing proceedings. For examples of the medical specialties that Tim has defended, click here.
- Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medical Services/Transport
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Hematology
- Internal Medicine
- Interventional Radiology
- Neurology
- Neuroradiology
- Neurosurgery
- Nursing
- Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Oncology
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Physician Assistant — Certified
- Plastic Surgery
- Primary Care
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation Medicine
PLAINTIFF
When representing plaintiffs, Tim has helped achieve multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in product liability and insurance bad faith actions. He has successfully resolved through trial or settlement cases alleging breach of contract, professional negligence, sexual assault and abuse, personal injury, and property damage arising from motor vehicle accidents. He has also obtained forms of non-monetary relief in a wide variety of contexts. For examples of plaintiff cases on which Tim has either served as lead counsel or assisted on the trial team, click here.
- $15.5 million product liability verdict in Federici v. U-Haul et al.
- $12.95 million bad faith settlement in Howard v. Royal Specialty Underwriting, Inc.
- $4.4 million settlement in midst of trial in coverage action against excess insurer
- $1.5 million summary judgment recovery in breach of surety action arising from purchase of hospital facility
- $600,000 verdict in breach of contract action against Port of Tacoma
- $334,000 judgment entered in action regarding ownership of retired racehorse
- $333,000 settlement with police department for civil rights lawsuit alleging wrongful death where victim killed within 78 seconds of contact with officers
- $188,500 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit
- $100,000 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit
- Confidential settlement obtained on behalf of academic institution against insurance broker
- Confidential settlement in accounting malpractice action
- Confidential settlement with professional sports team for personal injury sustained on premises
- Successful action to change ballot measure title resulting in defeat of ballot measure
- Obtained permanent injunction against release by state agency of client’s proprietary trade secrets to unsuccessful contract bidder
- Successful return to rightful owners of property wrongfully taken or detained by others, including patient medical records as well as valuable horses
- Obtained temporary restraining order excluding former patient from premises of healthcare clinic
- Successfully settled claim for contractual and equitable indemnity where hospital sued for actions of contracted physicians
PERSONAL
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Tim was a professor of political philosophy and argumentation at Western Washington University, as well as the director of the university’s debate program. During law school, Tim served as a Rule 9 Attorney for the Whatcom County Public Defender. Tim is currently serving his second five-year term on the WSBA’s Adjunct Disciplinary Counsel Panel, which assists the WSBA’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Tim is married, owns dogs and horses, lives in Duvall on a shy ten acres, and takes great pleasure in working with and mentoring his daughter Lolita, a paralegal at A&A Law. When he was younger, he worked his way through college as a professional musician; spent almost twenty years as a fanatical mountain climber; and after quitting climbing trained in multiple martial arts.
Legal Career
- Owner, Allen & Associates Law PLLC, Bellevue, Washington (2025-Present)
- Partner, Mullin, Allen & Steiner, PLLC, Seattle, Washington (2017-2024)
- Partner, Bennett Bigelow & Leedom, P.S., Seattle, Washington (2010-2017)
Education
- University of Washington School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2004 (Law Review, Moot Court Board)
- Boston University, A.B.D., Political Philosophy, 1986
- Western Washington University, M.A. with Distinction, Political Science, 1983
- Western Washington University, B.A., Cum Laude, Political Science, 1981
Admitted to Practice
- Washington
- Oregon
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Publications
“The Foreseeability of ‘Transference’: Extending Employer Liability Under Washington Law for Therapist Sexual Exploitation of Patients,” WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW, 78:2 (2003)