Newton Perkins Allen

Background

Allen, Newton Perkins was born on January 3, 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Seddon and Sarah (Perkins) Allen.

Education

Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1943). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Sigma Nu Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa.

Raven Society.

Career

Worked at The Law Offices of, Dann, Allen & Murrell A Professional Association (Memphis, Tennessee) specializing in Trial in all Courts, Construction Contract Litigation and Arbitration, Environmental Law, Corporations, Real Estate, Family Law, Personal Injury, Probate and Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1947, Tennessee. 1990, North Carolina.

Sigma Nu Phi.

Omicron Delta Kappa. Raven Society. Author: "America at Gunpoint: Why Do We Let lieutenant Happen?" Experience, Volume 4, Number. 3, 1994; "Put That in Your Pipe Sherlock-The Inimitable Mr.

Holmes Ponders Death and the Tobacco Company," Experience, Volume 2, Number.

4, 1992; "The Notorious Case of the Nude Dancers in South Bend," Experience, Volume 1, Number. 4, 1991; "Beyond the Gleam in the Eye-What Happens When the Frozen Embryos Are Ready but the Parents Have Divorced," Experience, Volume 1, Number.

4, 1990. Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, 1969-1972), Tennessee (Chairman, Economics of Law Practice Committee, 1984-1985.

Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1991—), North Carolina (Member, Senior Lawyers Division) and American (Member: Senior Lawyers Division Editorial Board, 1990—. Chairman, Senior Lawyers Division Publications Committee, 1993-1995.

Travel Committee, 1995. Senior Lawyers Division Council, 1995—) Bar Associations.

Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.

American Judicature Society. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. The firm was established in 1956 and has engaged in general practice with steady emphasis upon matters involving building and highway and heavy construction contract disputes between contractor clients and federal, state or local governmental agencies, and non-governmental private owners, nationwide.

Perform consultant work involving environmental laws and regulations and legal problems of ground water management.

Practice extends to other listed areas.

Achievements

• Newton Perkins Allen has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member exec bd Boy Scouts American, 1961—1969. Trustee LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, 1964—1972, vice chairman board, 1965. Member alumni council Princeton University, 1954—1964, 1990—1993.

Chairman Greater Memphis Council Crime and Delinquency, 1976—1980. President board trustees St. Mary's Episcopal School, 1966—1967, vice president, 1972—1973. Co-chairman Memphis Conference Faith at Work, 1975, board directors, 1976—1979.

Mem Chickasaw council Boy Scouts American, 1958—1960. Board directors Memphis Orchestra Society, president, 1979—1981. Member of American Bar Association (education board senior lawyers division 1990, public committee chair 1993-1995, council member 1994-1995, chair travel and leisure committee 1995-1996, vice chair 1996-1997, chair-elect 1997-1998, chair 1998-1999), Princeton Alumni Association Memphis (president 1992), North Carolina Bar Association, Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, Memphis Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American College Trust and Estate Council, Memphis Lions 1956.

Connections

Married Malinda Lobdell Nobles, October 4, 1947 (deceased November 1986). Children: John Lobdell, Malinda Nobles, Newton Perkins, Cannon Fairfax. Married Malinda Lobdell Crutchfield, June 23, 1990.

Father:

James Seddon Allen

Mother:

Sarah (Perkins) Allen

Spouse:

Malinda Lobdell Nobles

Spouse:

Malinda Lobdell Crutchfield

child:

John Lobdell Allen

child:

Malinda Nobles Allen

child:

Cannon Fairfax Allen

child:

Newton Perkins Allen