McAllen, Peter G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Peter McAllen's practice focuses on complex multijurisdictional and class action litigation. He has extensive experience in the areas of antitrust, banking and mortgages, electric energy, partnership management and control, securities, accountants' liability, environmental, insurance coverage, construction defect, bankruptcy, and other commercial litigation.

Peter's representative matters include UPM-Kymmene and its subsidiary Raflatac in the labelstock indirect purchaser price-fixing litigation; a municipal public utility district in litigation arising from the California electric energy crisis of 2000-2001; the majority limited partner interest in the largest resort hotel in Hawaii in a dispute among partners over control, ownership shares, and buyout rights; and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in a class action alleging consumer fraud and "elder abuse" in the design, marketing, and servicing of "reverse mortgages." Before joining Jones Day, Peter worked extensively for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company and its owners on litigation arising out of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Peter was assistant professor and associate professor of law at Southern Illinois University and visiting associate professor of law at Southwestern University School of Law from 1984 to 1989, where he taught complex litigation, conflicts of law, and civil procedure. He is a member of the ABA (Litigation and Antitrust Law Sections), the State Bar of California (Litigation and Antitrust and Unfair Competition Sections), and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is coauthor of "The Moralist as Expert Witness," 61 B.U.L. Rev. 869-926 (1982) and the author of "Deference to the Plaintiff in Forum Non Conveniens," 12 S.I.U. L.J. 191-279 (1989).

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Construction Litigation
• Antitrust Litigation
• Construction

Representative Cases

• Aventis and other methionine producers successfully challenge class certification in antitrust litigation
• BP appears in regulatory proceeding concerning Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Quality Bank
• Ernst & Young LLC defends multiple federal and state consumer class actions
• Frito-Lay successfully defends claim by a secured lender to collect on forged vendor invoices
• Frito-Lay wins summary judgment on claims of distributor wrongful termination
• Genentech favorably resolves multijurisdictional dispute against contractor hired to convert pharmaceutical plant in Spain
• GigaMedia successfully defends against Microsoft's claim of entitlement to $20 million "anti-dilution fee"
• Helstan successfully defends against litigation with minority limited partner
• L.A. County resolves construction litigation related to Hollywood Bowl renovations after 12-week jury trial
• Metropolitan Life successfully resolves multistate class action alleging fraud and consumer protection violations in sale of complex financial product
• Pioneer Liquidating pursues litigation against several banks for losses suffered during long term fraudulent check-kiting scheme
• Public Utility District No. 2 seeks payment for electricity sold to California Independent System Operator
• UPM-Kymmene defends against nationwide antitrust class action involving publication paper
• UPM-Kymmene defends pressure-sensitive labelstock antitrust class action litigation

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Contracts, Deceptive Trade Practices, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Antitrust, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, RICO Act, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Princeton University
• U of California - Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

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