Cannon F. Allen Sr.

Cannon F. Allen, Sr. is an AV Rated Preeminent litigator with 35+ years’ experience in the courts of West and Middle Tennessee. He focuses his practice primarily on business disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and mass/complex torts. He has tried multiple cases to verdict and on appeal for defendants and plaintiffs. His has broad experience assisting clients in evaluating and resolving claims before litigation, developing and implementing litigation strategies, defending officers and directors, and negotiating settlements. Mr. Allen take his client’s needs personnally, and he makes himself readily available to them throughout the process.

As a client relationship manager, Mr. Allen takes pride in connecting his clients to the broad array of legal services provided by Adams & Reese attorneys. He works hard to assemble the right team of attorneys and professionals to help his clients negotiate and complete commercial transactions, manage employment issues, do tax planning, develop trust and estate solutions and manage intellectual property.

• Past Board Member and Chairman of Westminster Academy, a Classical Christian school that teaches students using the seven liberal arts to love others, truth, wisdom, and beauty
• Founder, Board Member and President of the 32-year-old Binghampton Fellowship Foundation which has trained hundreds of teachers and thousands of students in urban and private schools to help improve elementary education
• Past President, Board Member/Officer and Board of Advisors of the seven-decades-old Memphis World Trade Club
• Elder at Independent Presbyterian Church, 2014-present involved in building partnerships between racially diverse churches in community projects

In 2010, Cannon directed the World Trade Club’s efforts to serve the strategically important transportation and logistics industries in Memphis and spearheaded the development of the Memphis Multimodal Conference (2010), the Southeast Freight Conference (2011-2014) and the JOC Inland Distribution Conference (2015-16) in Memphis.