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Allen W. Nelson is the senior vice president general counsel and corporate secretary of Crawford & Company. He is responsible for handling legal matters for Crawford overseeing the Company’s Legal Department and performing the duties of corporate secretary.
Immediately prior to joining Crawford Nelson served as chief compliance counsel for BellSouth Corporation. He also previously practiced law with Hawkins & Parnell as well as Troutman Sanders Lockerman & Ashmore; both firms are located in Atlanta. Nelson is a co-inventor of the Integrated Governance Process for which a patent is pending.
Nelson earned his Juris Doctorate from the Duke University School of Law where he was recognized as a J.R. Parkinson Memorial Scholar. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Duke’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.
Nelson is the former chairman of the board of The Preschool (Peachtree Road United Methodist Church) and serves on the boards for the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and the Atlanta Ballet. He has been a member of the advisory board for SouthernFlair Magazine and is active in Buckhead Baseball the Top Hat Soccer Club Zoo Atlanta the High Museum of Art and Ansley Golf Club. | 