C. Allen Foster
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C. Allen Foster | |
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| Alma mater | Princeton University (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) Oxford University (M.A.) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
C. Allen Foster is a lawyer based in Washington, D.C.[1]
Allen Foster graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1963. He was a Fulbright scholar at Oxford University (Brasenose College), receiving a First Class Honors Degree (B.A.) in Jurisprudence in 1965 and an M.A. in 1971. He received his J.D. degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1967.[2]
Professional
Allen Foster is the principal author of construction law treatise, Construction and Design Law, and was a senior lecturer at Duke Law School for ten years, teaching trial practice, construction law and commercial arbitration. Foster was a founding partner of the former Greensboro law firm Foster Conner Robson & Gumbiner, known for specializing in litigating disputes involving construction projects. In 1998 the small Greensboro law firm was acquired by then Patton Boggs and Blow a Washington, D.C.–based full-service law firm best known for its lobbying prowess. Foster became a partner with Patton Boggs and Blow from 1988 until 1998. and with Greenberg Traurig LLP from 1998 until 2014. Since May 2014, he has been Senior Counsel at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP and has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2003.[3]
