Allen Bucknell

Allen Bucknell is the managing attorney of the Phoenix Litigation department. In this role, he handles cases usually involving catastrophic injuries or death where a lawsuit has been filed and the case is progressing toward trial.

Mr. Bucknell was born and raised in Belleville, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis. While in high school he became deeply involved in the interscholastic debate. During his senior year in high school, he set a variety of school records and he and his partner finished fifth in the state tournament. He attended the national speech and debate tournament.

Through his skills in debate, Mr. Bucknell earned a full-ride debate scholarship at Eastern Illinois University where he participated on the debate team for four years. In his senior year, he won several debate tournaments and finished fifth in the national debate tournament after being knocked out by Georgetown University. Mr. Bucknell’s involvement in debate helped him develop organizational and oral advocacy skills necessary to be an effective litigator. He graduated from Eastern Illinois with a B.S. degree in finance.

Mr. Bucknell attended law school at the University of Illinois. He was an editor on the law review and graduated in 1982.