RICHARD C. ALLEN is a partner at the Boston law firm of Casner & Edwards LLP, where he specializes in nonprofit corporate, regulatory, tax exemption, foundation, and trust matters. Mr. Allen is cochair of the state and local regulation subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s exempt organizations committee. He has served as an elected member of the Boston Bar Association board of directors, as chair of the tax-exempt organizations committee, and as cochair of the health law section. Mr. Allen is also a member of the BBA’s Colleges and Universities Section and corporate law committee, and of the board of trustees of MCLE, Inc. Prior to joining Casner & Edwards LLP, Mr. Allen was counsel at the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, and served as assistant attorney general and director of the Division of Public Charities in the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General. He was a president of the National Association of State Charity Officials and a 1998 recipient of the National Association of Attorneys General award for national achievement. Mr. Allen is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Indiana University. He is a frequent lecturer at programs and seminars sponsored by bar associations, continuing legal education organizations, and other Massachusetts, regional, and national organizations.  (December 2008)