GALLAGHER & KENNEDY ASSOCIATE KIMBERLY G. ALLEN
ELECTED DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION FOR THE STATE BAR OF ARIZONA
PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 10, 2014) –The law firm of Gallagher & Kennedy announced today that associate Kimberly G. Allen has been elected to serve as district representative of the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) for the State Bar of Arizona.
The State Bar of Arizona YLD is a professional service organization specifically created for lawyers who are under 36 years of age, or have been in practice for five years or less. Members of the YLD donate an exceptional amount of time to pro bono legal services, charity events and civic engagement throughout Arizona.
In addition to her role with the State Bar of Arizona YLD, Ms. Allen is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute and the Arizona Women Lawyers Association. As a member of Gallagher & Kennedy’s Professional Women’s Group, Ms. Allen and her colleagues recently participated in the Valley of the Sun United Way’s Million Minutes Reading Challenge as volunteer readers in classrooms at Phoenix Day School in south Phoenix.
Ms. Allen is an associate practicing in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death, insurance and products liability litigation. She earned her J.D. in 2012 and her B.S., cum laude, in 2008 from Arizona State University.