David Neal Allen, a partner with Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, has been elected Executive Vice President of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA) for 2007-2008.  Following normal succession, Mr. Allen will serve as NCADA President-Elect in 2008-2009 and then as President in 2009-2010.

Mr. Allen has more than 25 years experience representing insurance companies, physicians and hospitals, manufacturing companies and chemical companies in a variety of products liability, mass torts and multi-district litigation matters.  He received his JD and AB from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Mr. Allen is a State Bar Councilor for the 26th Judicial District and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. 

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP currently has more than 200 lawyers in six offices across the Carolinas including Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach and Spartanburg.  The firm provides a complete range of legal services and counsels domestic and international companies in antitrust and business disputes, banking and finance, bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights, commercial litigation, corporate and commercial law, employee benefits, employment, environmental, government and public policy, health care, immigration, intellectual property, international, mergers and acquisitions, public finance, real estate and commercial development, securities, tax, torts, trials and insurance. www.parkerpoe.com.