C. Allen Foster

1967, North Carolina
1987, District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals: Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court: District of Columbia
U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court: Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court: Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court: Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court: Western District of North Carolina
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Supreme Court

Membership

Professional Admissions
•Member, American Bar Association, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
•Sections of Litigation, Arbitration Committee, Labor and Employment Discrimination Law (neutral member), Committee on Labor Arbitration and the Law of Collective Bargaining
•Member, North Carolina Bar Association
•Member, Council of the Section on Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities, Council of the Section of Labor and Employment Law
member, Construction Law Section

Community Activities
•President and, now, Chairman, St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle) Foundation (2005-)
•President, Brasenose College (Oxford) Charitable Foundation, Inc. (2005-)
•Secretary, International Order of St. Hubertus (Knight Grand Officer) (2014-)
•Chancellor, IOSH-USA, Inc. (2014-)
•Companion, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (2011-)
•Co-founder, Secretary and Director of The Greensboro Day School (1970-80)
•Director, Greensboro Opera Company (1980-83)
•Attorney for and Director of the Young Women's Christian Association (1968-73)
•Alumni Council and Executive Committee of the Princeton University Alumni
•Association (1978-79)
•President, Princeton University Alumni Association of Middle North Carolina (1968-80)
•Executive Committee, Harvard Law School Association of North Carolina (1979-)
•Group Chairman, United Fund Drive (1979)

Public Offices and Appointments
•United States Government Representative to the International Energy Agency Dispute Resolution Centre, Paris, France (1983-)
•Commissioner to the National Commission on Uniform State Laws (1985-87)
•Member, Legislative Study Commission on the Selection of Judges (1988-89)
•Advisor to Governor's Task Force on Passenger Rail Transportation 1988-89
•Member, American Law Institute [Restatement of the Law (Third) (1994-) Suretyship
Restatement of the Law (Third) Governing Lawyers
•President, American College of Construction Arbitrators (1983-84)
•fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers (1990-)
•Public Member, North Carolina Tax Review Board (1975-79)
•Republican candidate for Attorney General of North Carolina (1984)
•Special Litigation Counsel to the North Carolina Republican Party (1987-)
•Member, Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association (1980-83)
•Member, National Panels of Labor, Construction and International Commercial Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association (1975-)
•Chairman, North Carolina Regional Advisory Council of the American Arbitration Association (1979-83)
•Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators, Union Carbide Corporation (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) and Atomic Trades and Labor Council) (1983-)
•Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators for Expedited Arbitration in the Carolinas established by the United Steelworkers of America and National Can Corporation (1981-)
•Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators for Southern Bell Telephone Co. and Communication Workers of America (1983-)
•Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators for Georgia Pacific Corporation (1986-)

Articles, Lectures & Publications
•Author, The Law and Practice of Commercial Arbitration, Private Adjudication Center, Inc., Duke Law School, 1986
•Author, Construction and Design Law in the United States, 1984 (5 vols.)
•Author, The Construction Law Adviser, Callaghan & Co. Monthly Newsletter, 1983

Awards & Recognition
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Construction, 2003-2014
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, 2007-2013
•Team Member, a Law360 Product Liability Practice Group of the Year, 2011
•Team Member, a Law360 Appellate Practice Group of the Year, 2010
•Listed, Washingtonian Magazine, Top Lawyers in Washington, December 2004
•Selected, Legal Times, Top 20 Leading Litigators in Washington, 2003
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5

American College of Construction Lawyers (1990-)

• Public Member, North Carolina Tax Review Board (1975-79)

• Republican candidate for Attorney General of North Carolina (1984)

• Special Litigation Counsel to the North Carolina Republican Party (1987-)

• Member, Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association (1980-83)

• Member, National Panels of Labor, Construction and International Commercial Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association (1975-)

• Chairman, North Carolina Regional Advisory Council of the American Arbitration Association (1979-83)

• Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators, Union Carbide Corporation (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) and Atomic Trades and Labor Council) (1983-)

• Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators for Expedited Arbitration in the Carolinas established by the United Steelworkers of America and National Can Corporation (1981-)

• Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators for Southern Bell Telephone Co. and Communication Workers of America (1983-)

• Member, Permanent Panel of Arbitrators for Georgia Pacific Corporation (1986-)

Articles, Lectures & Publications

• Author, The Law and Practice of Commercial Arbitration, Private Adjudication Center, Inc., Duke Law School, 1986

• Author, Construction and Design Law in the United States, 1984 (5 vols.)

• Author, The Construction Law Adviser, Callaghan & Co. Monthly Newsletter, 1983

Awards & Recognition

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America , Litigation - Construction, 2003-2014

• Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, 2007-2013

• Team Member, a Law360 Product Liability Practice Group of the Year, 2011

• Team Member, a Law360 Appellate Practice Group of the Year, 2010

• Listed, Washingtonian Magazine, Top Lawyers in Washington, December 2004

• Selected, Legal Times, Top 20 Leading Litigators in Washington, 2003

• Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5