Practice Areas
Marlene L. Allen-Hammarlund
Senior Counsel
Print PDFMs. Allen is Senior Counsel for Gresham, Savage, Nolan & Tilden. Her professional practice includes all aspects of litigation (including business, commercial and general), CEQA, employment law, real estate, corporate, banking, insurance coverage and defense, bankruptcy (creditor), appellate advocacy, personal injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice (defense), estate planning and probate. Marlene has extensive trial experience and has argued several cases before the Court of Appeal. She has served as a Judge Pro Tem in both Riverside County (Corona, Moreno Valley, Indio and Riverside) and in Orange County. She is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, and all United States District Courts of California.
While attending Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), Marlene worked as a law clerk for the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, in Santa Ana. After graduating in 1986, Marlene worked for several years in Orange County and was a partner in two firms. While in Orange County, she served as Vice-Chair of Development for the March of Dimes, and was active in the Orange County Bar Association, William P. Gray Inn of Court, Orange County Women Lawyers, Financial Women International, National Association of Women Business Owners, Robert Morris & Associates, and the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum. Since moving to Riverside in 1989, she has been a member of the Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court (Riverside), Joseph B. Campbell Inn of Court (San Bernardino), the Riverside County Bar Association, the San Bernardino County Bar Association, the Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum, and the Inland Empire chapter of Financial Women International. Marlene is currently the Chair of the Legislation and Elections Committee of the American Judges Association and is on the Board of the YWCA. She is also active in GAIA Global Elite, which promotes women professionals around the world. Prior to beginning her legal career, Marlene worked as a bank auditor, an administrative assistant for the California State Legislature, and has served as the Campaign Treasurer for numerous judges and political candidates.
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Additional Areas of Practice
Banking
Insurance Coverage and Defense
Bankruptcy (Creditor)
Appellate Advocacy
Real Estate
Environmental
Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice
Legal Malpractice (Defense)
Estate Planning and Probate
Published Works
“Lender Liability: Should Lenders be Required to Continue to Advance Credit to Marginal Borrowers?” 15 Western State University Law Review No. 2, 1988
SFPP, L.P. v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 452, 17 Cal.Rptr.3d 96
Wackeen v. Malis (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 429, 118 Cal.Rptr.2d 502 (listed under previous name of Marlene Thierbach)
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 1986
- California State University at Fullerton,
B.A., 1982, Magna Cum Laude
Bars
- California, 1986
- U. S. Supreme Court, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit, 1989
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1989
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1987
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1988
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1988
Affiliations
- Riverside County Bar Association, Member
- San Bernardino County Bar Association, Member
- Leo A. Deegan Inns of Court, Riverside, California, Member
- Joseph B. Campbell Inn of Court, San Bernardino, California, Member
- The State Bar of California, Member
- American Judges Association, Chair of Legislation and Elections Committee
- Adjunct Professor, Chapman University, 2003 - Present
- Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Riverside, 2008
- YWCA, Riverside, California, Board Member
- GAIA Global Elite, Member
- National Association of Church Business Administrators, Presentation of Seminar at Cal Baptist University entitled "Legal Issues for Non-Profit Organizations"
- Rotary Club, Guest Speaker, Riverside, California
- Financial Women International, Guest Speaker
- Orange County Barristers, Guest Speaker
- Presentations of Legal Seminars on Banking, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate topics
- Appellate Defenders, Inc., Panel Attorney
- Phi Delta Phi, Member
- Phi Kappa Phi, Member
Community
- Grove Community Church, Teacher
- Riverside Children's Theatre, Board Member