D. Allan Jones is active in both the trial and appellate areas. Although his practice is primarily involved with claims based on toxic tort, products liability, or premises liability, he also has an active practice in class actions and insurance coverage liability litigation.

He is Board Certified in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In 2003 he was listed in Texas Monthly as a Texas Super Lawyer under the category of Class Action and Mass Torts.

Allan currently oversees the statewide toxic tort docket for two of the firm's clients. He has represented clients in many types of chemical exposure cases, including asbestos, silica, benzene, and butadiene. He has also handled a variety of air, soil, and water pollution claims.

Allan's class action practice has been varied, including claims involving medical devices, building products, video rental fees, insurance settlement practices, and computer components.

Allan was the trial and appellate attorney for Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation in Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation v. Carter, 993 S.W.2d 88 (Tex. 1999), in which the Texas Supreme Court ruled that "fear of cancer" cases are not actionable in Texas in the absence of a present illness.

Before obtaining his law degree, Allan earned his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Florida in 1970 and a master's degree in English from Western Carolina University in 1972. He taught literature and composition at Western Carolina University and Southwest Missouri State University prior to law school and at the University of Texas while in law school.

Allan graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1979, where he was an editor of the Texas International Law Journal.

Allan practices primarily in the firm's office in Beaumont.

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