Allan N. Karlin
Allan N. Karlin was raised in Chicago where he first learned about the importance of our country’s civil justice system from his father and uncle, both of whom were attorneys. “I grew up believing that attorneys were the voice of the injured, the powerless and the victims of arrogance and greed. I still hold to that belief and try to live it in my work,” Karlin said.
After earning a degree in Social Sciences from Yale, he went to Texarkana as a VISTA volunteer and worked as a community organizer. He also took a year off from his undergraduate education and spent a year teaching in Morocco. After VISTA, he entered law school at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating in 1974. That year, he came to West Virginia to work for Legal Services. From 1976 – 1981, he was the director of the North Central Legal Aid Society. In 1981, he opened his private practice in Morgantown. His firm, Allan N. Karlin & Associates, specializes in employment law, personal injury, and wrongful death.
Karlin was a member of the West Virginia Lawyer Disciplinary Board for six years and served as its chairperson from 2000 – 2003. In 2004, he was named a Fellow of the West Virginia Bar Foundation. In 2005, he received the Sid Bell Memorial Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia. He was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2006, and he was inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 2007. He is a member of the Ethics and Sanctions Committee of the National Employment Lawyers Association and a member of the board of directors for the West Virginia Fund for Lawyers in the Public Interest. He is the outgoing co-chair of the Campaign for Legal Aid, which raises funds for the program to provide legal services to low-income clients. He is also an adjunct professor for the WVU College of Law where he has taught pre-trial litigation.
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