Hill Allen
North Carolina White Collar Crime Attorney at Tharrington Smith
Hill Allen is a partner in the firm and handles a broad range of civil and criminal litigation. His practice areas and recent cases include:
white-collar criminal defense;
healthcare fraud;
False Claims Act and qui tam, or whistleblower, litigation;
wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury;
antitrust litigation;
administrative law;
aviation and workplace accidents;
class actions and other commercial litigation;
campaign finance and political corruption matters;
environmental crimes;
intellectual property litigation;
mortgage fraud;
securities fraud;
trade secret and non-compete litigation; and
criminal tax investigations.
Mr. Allen's clients have included a former Olympic Gold medalist; a former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; a former North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture; multinational manufacturing, construction and pharmaceutical concerns; major airlines; companies and individuals charged or under investigation in federal and state court; and families of those killed in aviation, automobile and workplace accidents. Among other matters, Mr. Allen defended well-known track-and-field athlete Marion Jones in a multi-jurisdiction federal prosecution that drew international attention.
Mr. Allen has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America®’s Criminal Defense, White Collar Section since 2012, in Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite” Criminal Section since 2004, and in North Carolina Super Lawyers since 2009. He became a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated Lawyer in 2004. Past professional activities include serving on the faculty of NITA's Southeast Regional Trial Skills program.
Mr. Allen is a North Carolina native. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
- University of Virginia School of Law
- J.D.
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- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- Activities: Phi Beta Kappa
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- Partner
- Tharrington Smith LLP
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- Associate
- Hunton & Williams LLP
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- Best Lawyers - White Collar Criminal Defense Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Legal Elite
- Business North Carolina Magazine's
- Criminal Law Section
- Best Lawyers - White Collar Criminal Defense Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers - White Collar Criminal Defense Section
- Best Lawyers in America
- Legal Elite
- Business North Carolina magazine
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
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- United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
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- United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
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- North Carolina Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
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- North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section
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- United States District Court for the Middle District of NC
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- Advocates for Justice
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- North Carolina State Bar # 18684
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- North Carolina Bar Association
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- American Bar Association
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- North Carolina
- North Carolina State Bar
- ID Number: 18884
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- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Antitrust Law
- White Collar Crime
- English
- English