C. Allen Foster is a lawyer based in Washington, D.C.

Education

Allen Foster graduated

summa cum laude Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sou ...

from Princeton University in 1963. He was a Fulbright scholar at Oxford University (Brasenose College), receiving a First Class Honors Degree (B.A.) in Jurisprudence in 1965 and an M.A. in 1971. He received his J.D. degree magna cum laude from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

in 1967.

Professional

Allen Foster is the principal author of construction law treatise, ''Construction and Design Law'', and was a senior lecturer at Duke Law School for ten years, teaching

trial practice Trial practice is an upper-level course offered in most American law schools designed to teach future litigators the fine points of presenting a case to a judge and jury. Unlike most law school courses, a trial practice class has very little di ...

, construction law and commercial

arbitration Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that resolves disputes outside the judiciary courts. The dispute will be decided by one or more persons (the 'arbitrators', 'arbiters' or 'arbitral tribunal'), which renders the ' ...

. Foster was a founding partner of the former Greensboro law firm Foster Conner Robson & Gumbiner, known for specializing in litigating disputes involving construction projects. In 1998 the small Greensboro law firm was acquired by then Patton Boggs and Blow a Washington, D.C.-based full-service law firm best known for its lobbying prowess. Foster became a partner with Patton Boggs and Blow from 1988 until 1998. and wit
Greenberg Traurig LLP
from 1998 until 2014. Since May 2014, he has been Senior Counsel a
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
and has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2003.

International Order of St. Hubertus

Allen Foster is a Knight Grand Officer in the International Order of St. Hubertus. He is the High Justice of the International Order and served as Chancellor of the USA Chapter from 2014 to 2020. Known as a close friend of

Antonin Scalia Antonin Gregory Scalia (; March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectu ...

, Foster travelled on a private jet with the late Supreme Court Justice to Cibolo Creek Ranch, where Scalia was last seen alive. Press reports that the trip was a meeting of the International Order of St. Hubertus were incorrect. Although several members of the Order were present with their wives, Scalia was not a member and the weekend was a social/hunting occasion for admirers of the late Justice. Presidio County, Texas sheriff Danny Dominguez reported that Foster and the other members of the order insisted he had no authority in conducting an investigation of Antonin Scalia's death on February 12, 2016, because that authority was vested in the U.S. Marshals assigned to Justice Scalia.

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