Partner
Email: KAllen@ANAfirm.com
Phone: (248)-540-7400
Fax: (248)-540-7401
Practice Areas
Education & Alumni Associations
- Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1983 - J.D.
- Michigan State University, 1980 - B.A.
- Marian High School
Memberships, Admissions & Associations
- Oakland County Bar Association (Past President, Board of Directors)
- State Bar of Michigan, Administrative Law Section (Member
- State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section (Member)
- Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association (Member)
- Michigan Licensed Beverage Association (Member)
- International Council of Shopping Centers (Member)
- Notre Dame/Marist Academy (Board of Trustees)
Awards & Honors
- Peer-Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers since 2008
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- The Spirit Moves Her
- Michigan Municipal Law Liquor Licenses Chapter 16 (Contributing Co-Author)
- 2018 Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Ask the Experts - How Will I Benefit From Attending The Michigan Restaurant Show?
- Ask the Experts - What's New At The MLCC?
- Ask the Experts - Do I Need State or Local Permits To Remodel?
- Ask the Experts - Am I Responsible For My Employee's MLCC Violations?
- Ask the Experts - What's New In The Law for 2014
- Ask the Experts - Decoy Encounters
- Ask the Experts - Technology for Compliance
- Ask the Experts - Tastings and "Cork and Go"
- Ask the Experts - Changing License Ownership
- 2019 State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section, Summer Conference
- MDA’s Annual Downtowns Conference
- 2018, 2019 Michigan Restaurant Show (Sponsor)
Background
Kelly Allen is a partner in the law firm of Adkison, Need, Allen & Rentrop, PLLC, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She specializes in all facets of liquor licensing. Ms. Allen and her team handle business formation, lease and land purchase negotiations, liquor license acquisition and transfers, and violations. She is known for representing clients in complex and challenging situations before many municipalities and the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
The oldest of ten children, she became involved in this area of the law when two of her brothers opened their first restaurant in East Lansing, Michigan, in 1984. Five of her brothers went on to open 9 more establishments. Representing her family in liquor licensing matters led Ms. Allen to develop a passion for this area of the law. Many years and hundreds of clients later, she has acquired a high level of expertise.
Ms. Allen is an active member of the Oakland County Bar Association, having previously served as President (1998-1999) and Chair of its Legislative Committee. She also served on the State Bar of Michigan’s standing Committee on Character and Fitness and the Representative Assembly. Currently, Ms. Allen is a member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Business Law Section’s Alcohol Beverage Practice Group.
Ms. Allen is an active member of the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association, the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, and has been a speaker for the International Council of Shopping Centers and The Institute of Continuing Legal Education.