Jeffrey Allen is a principal in the law firm of Graves & Allen, in Oakland, California. He runs a general practice that, since 1973, has emphasized real estate and business transactions, receiverships and related litigation. Mr. Allen also works extensively as a mediator and as an arbitrator. He actively participates in the work of the Alameda County Bar Association, the Contra Costa County Bar Association, the California Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Allen has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, St. Mary's College, the Oakland College of Law, the University of Phoenix and California State University of the East Bay. He frequently presents at continuing education programs for attorneys, brokers, accountants and mediators throughout the United States on technology, trial and mediation technique and California, substantive law topics. He writes columns for several legal magazines and has contributed articles to other legal publications. He served as the editor-in-chief of GPSolo Magazine and the GPSolo eReport. He remains on those editorial boards and the editorial boards of Experience Magazine and the Voice of Experience (SLD). He has co-authored or edited eight books and is currently working on a ninth. In addition to his practice in the United States, Mr. Allen is a member of the rolls of the Law Society as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.