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Nicholas W. Allard

Partner
Washington DC
P: 202-457-6465
F: 202-457-6315

Overview

Nick Allard became the eighth dean of Brooklyn Law School on July 1, 2012. His continuing role as a partner with Patton Boggs will be focused primarily in the firm’s New York City and Washington, D.C. offices. At Patton Boggs, Nick has co-chaired the Public Policy Department and the Government Advocacy practice. His practice draws on his understanding of legislative, regulatory and administrative matters to counsel clients in the fields of telecommunications, information technology, health, energy, environmental law and higher education.  Clients include domestic and international organizations, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. He also represents nonprofit organizations and public and private universities. 

In addition to his experience in private practice, Mr. Allard has significant political and legislative experience. He served as administrative assistant and chief of staff to the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1986 to 1987, and from 1984 to 1986, he was minority staff counsel to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where he served as legal counsel to Senator Edward Kennedy.

Mr. Allard is a prolific author on a broad range of issues, including more than 20 articles on Internet law, new media and privacy. He contributes to and is on the advisory board of several legal publications, including the Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal and the Shidler Center’s e-journal, Journal of Law, Technology & Art, at the University of Washington School Of Law. Mr. Allard also speaks frequently before professional and academic audiences throughout the United States and abroad. 

Mr. Allard taught for several years as an adjunct professor at both George Mason University Law School and the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. He is a frequent guest lecturer on university and college campuses and holds several major alumni leadership positions at Princeton University, Oxford University and the Rhodes Scholarship Trust.

Mr. Allard is a graduate of Princeton and Oxford Universities, and was a Rhodes Scholar. After receiving his law degree from Yale University, he served as law clerk for Chief U.S. District Judge Robert F. Peckham in San Francisco and for U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia M. Wald in Washington, D.C.


Affiliations

  • Fellow, ABA Bar Foundation
  • Member, American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress (2011-)
  • Member, ABA Administrative Law Section, Task Force on Lobbying Regulation (2009-)
  • Arbitrator, Telenor Mobile Communications A.S. v. Republic of Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/15 (September 13, 2006) – the Award in this case set a standard for the threshold review of investment treaty claims at the jurisdictional stage, and confirmed the fundamental importance of respecting limits placed by sovereign States on their consent to international arbitration.
  • Chair, CBI’s Bio/Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Government Affairs and Lobby and Compliance Program, Washington, D.C. (July 30-31, 2007)
  • Special State Attorney General, New Mexico (Appointed: Nov. 13, 2006)
  • Advisory Board, Clean Energy Systems, Inc. (2005-)
  • Executive Advisory Board, University of Washington School of Law, Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts (formerly known as Shidler Center Journal of Law, Commerce & Technology (2003-)
  • National Advisory Board, Center For National Policy, Washington, D.C. (1994-2000)
  • Advisory Board, Hastings University Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (1994-)
  • Advisory Board and Founding Member, Center for Technology Law, George Mason University (1998-2004)
  • Director, Association of American Rhodes Scholars (1998-); Secretary, (2006- ); Co-Chair, Rhodes Scholarship Trust Capital Campaign (2008-); Secretary, Class of 1974 American Rhodes Scholars; Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, District V, Secretary (2002-), Member (1998-)
  • Director, Merton College Charitable Corporation (1991-)
  • Princeton Alumni Activities include: Member, Advisory Board, Scholars in the Nation’s Service, Woodrow Wilson School (2007- ); Member, Council of the Princeton University Community (1974, 2005-06); Alumni Council Executive Committee (2001-06); National Schools Committee (1992-95, 2000-02, Chairman 2003-05); Committee to Nominate Alumni Trustees (1989-92, Chairman, 1991-92); President, Class of 1974 (1972, 1974, 1994-99); Member, Alumni Council Task Force on Alcohol (1998-99); Member, Alumni Council Strategic Planning Committee (1997-99); Co-Chair, Princeton Club of Washington 250th Celebration (with Anne Linton and John Vogel) (Weekend Symposium: The Transformation of Learning in the Age of Technology); President; Princeton Club of Washington, (1992-94), Vice President, Princeton Club of Washington (1990-92); Class of 1974, Class Agent (2010- ); Chairman, Annual Giving in Washington, D.C. (1982-86); Chairman, Alumni Schools Admission Committee for Southern Maryland (1986-91); Orange & Black Society, John Maclean Society
  • White House Fellows Selection Committee (1999-2001)
  • Aspen Institute Law and Society Seminar (2008-)
  • Trustee, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC (2008-)

Honors

  • Super Lawyer, Washington, DC (2013)
  • Ranked in “Government Relations,” Nationwide, Chambers USA (2012)
  • Visionary Award (distinction awarded attorneys whose business or legal acumen has been key to expanding their firms, improving government or advancing the law),” National Journal-Legal Times (June 7, 2010)
  • Recognized as one of D.C.'s “Top Lobbyists,” The Hill, (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Patton Boggs Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, Honorable Mention (2010)
  • “Hermes” Award for Contribution to Study of Communications Law, Syracuse University College of Law, Communications Law and Policy Society (February 19, 2010)
  • John W. Bader Princeton Class of 1974 Service Award (May 2004)
  • Alumni Council Award for Service to Princeton (May 29, 1999)
  • National Law Journal, Review of Top 40 Health Lawyers in U.S. (April 7, 1997)
  • National Satellite Publishing, Inc., Wireless Attorney of the Year (1995)
  • Wireless Communications Association International, President’s Award (1992, 1993)
  • Federal Bar Association, Distinguished Service Award (1985)

Viewpoints

Events

Date

Title
09.26.2012 9/26/2012 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “The Seven Deadly Virtues of Lobbyists,” University of California, Washington Campus
03.22.2012 3/22/2012 12:00:00 AM Shakespeare and the Law
12.08.2011 12/8/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, "2012 Election Forecast: Can the U.S. Government be Fixed?", Rhodes House, Oxford University, England
07.27.2011 7/27/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “The Art and Importance of Advocacy,” Youth Conference, Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.
07.26.2011 7/26/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Petitioning the Government and Democracy,” Middle East Student Conference, Alliance for Middle East Peace, Washington, D.C.
07.26.2011 7/26/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Lobbying, Public Policy and Public Service,” Princeton in Washington Summer Intern Program, Washington, D.C.
07.07.2011 7/7/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Introduction to the Rhodes Scholarship Program,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
05.17.2011 5/17/2011 12:00:00 AM Lecture, with Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., “The History and Future of Public Policy Advocacy,” American University Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute Graduate Program, Washington, D.C.
03.26.2011 3/26/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Political and Social Landscape and the Power of Self Interest in Oscar Wilde’s, ‘An Ideal Husband,’” Shakespeare Theatre Company and Aspen Institute Symposium
03.23.2011 3/23/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Lobbying and Ethics Rules,” the Washington College of Law, LLM Law and Government Program, American University
03.19.2011 3/19/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Ethics and Lobbying: Laws and Unintended Consequences,” the Bryce Harlow Institute and the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute, American University Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies
02.23.2011 2/23/2011 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Lobbying in the U.S. – Business Strategy in the Public Sphere,” Graduate Program in Politics, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
11.15.2010 11/15/2010 12:00:00 AM Lecture, “Law, Politics and the United States Constitution: Making Sense Out of Nonsense,” University of Virginia Law School, American Constitution Society, Charlottesville, VA
11.06.2010 11/6/2010 12:00:00 AM Remarks, “An Angry U.S. Electorate Has Spoken: Now What?” Rhodes House, Oxford University, England
10.22.2010 10/22/2010 12:00:00 AM Remarks, “Law Chasing Technology - the Next Decade,” Syracuse University College of Law Computer Law and Policy Symposium
10.15.2010 10/15/2010 12:00:00 AM Remarks, “Privacy: the Civil Liberty Issue of this Decade,” Digital Policy in an Information Economy Symposium, Ball State University and the Digital Policy Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana
10.06.2010 10/6/2010 12:00:00 AM Lecture, “Studying and Understanding How Government and Politics Work Matters,” University of California, Washington Campus, Washington, D.C.
09.23.2010 9/23/2010 9:30:00 AM Fall 2010 Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal (CommEnt) Symposium
09.23.2010 9/23/2010 12:00:00 AM Moderator and keynoter, “Web 3.0; Online Privacy Law, Politics and Business Issues of the New Decade,” University of California at Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (CommEnt) Symposium, San Francisco, CA
09.13.2010 9/13/2010 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Lobbying and Democracy: Yesterday’s Headlines and Tomorrow’s Challenges for Regulating a Necessary and Honorable Profession,” Commissioners & Registrars of Lobbyists Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
06.17.2010 6/17/2010 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Strategic Leadership: Business and the Public Policy Process,” University of California – Washington Center, Washington, D.C.
05.12.2010 5/12/2010 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Lobbying is an Honorable Profession: The Right to Petition and the Competition to be Right,” Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute, American University, Washington, D.C.
04.28.2010 4/28/2010 12:00:00 AM Speaker, Health Care Legislative Roundtable Videoconference, Bank of Texas, Dallas, Texas and Washington, D.C.
04.27.2010 4/27/2010 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Demystifying the Policy Process,” Case Management Society of America Meeting of Health Professionals, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
03.13.2010 3/13/2010 12:00:00 AM Lecturer, “Lobbying is an Honorable Profession,” Bryce Harlow Institute and American University College of Law Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, Workshop on Ethics and Lobbying
05.13.2009 5/13/2009 12:00:00 AM Speaker, “Civility and Citizenship Online: How Best to Address Cyberbullying, Sexting, Hate Messages and other Bad Behavior,” National Association of Attorneys General Presidential Initiative Conference: Protecting Children Online, Philadelphia, PA

News

Date

Title
02.10.2013 2/10/2013 12:00:00 AM New York Times - Nicholas Allard
01.20.2013 1/20/2013 12:00:00 AM Roll Call - Nicholas Allard
11.27.2012 11/27/2012 12:00:00 AM BLSLawNotes - Nicholas Allard
10.16.2012 10/16/2012 12:00:00 AM NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL - NICHOLAS ALLARD
08.08.2012 8/8/2012 12:00:00 AM BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE - NICHOLAS ALLARD
05.04.2012 5/4/2012 12:00:00 AM THE NEW YORK TIMES - NICHOLAS ALLARD
07.20.2011 7/20/2011 12:00:00 AM The Hill, Politico- Nicholas Allard, Kevin O'Neill
07.23.2010 7/23/2010 12:00:00 AM The AmLaw Daily, The Hill, Roll Call, National Journal - Kevin O'Neill, Nick Allard, Patton Boggs
09.05.2009 9/5/2009 12:00:00 AM Washington Post – Nicholas Allard
08.26.2009 8/26/2009 12:00:00 AM Forbes, Roll Call, PBS Nightly Business Report, Politico and The Hill – Nicholas W. Allard
07.22.2009 7/22/2009 12:00:00 AM Roll Call – Nicholas W. Allard

Nicholas W. Allard

Partner
nallard@pattonboggs.com
Washington DC
P: 202-457-6465
F: 202-457-6315

Practice Areas

Industries

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D. 1979,

     

  • Oxford University, M.A. 1976,

     

  • Princeton University, B.A. 1974

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of International Trade
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Nicholas W. Allard

Nick Allard became the eighth dean of Brooklyn Law School on July 1, 2012. His continuing role as a partner with Patton Boggs will be focused primarily in the firm’s New York City and Washington, D.C. offices. At Patton Boggs, Nick has co-chaired the Public Policy Department and the Government Advocacy practice. His practice draws on his understanding of legislative, regulatory and administrative matters to counsel clients in the fields of telecommunications, information technology, health, energy, environmental law and higher education.  Clients include domestic and international organizations, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. He also represents nonprofit organizations and public and private universities. 

In addition to his experience in private practice, Mr. Allard has significant political and legislative experience. He served as administrative assistant and chief of staff to the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1986 to 1987, and from 1984 to 1986, he was minority staff counsel to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where he served as legal counsel to Senator Edward Kennedy.

Mr. Allard is a prolific author on a broad range of issues, including more than 20 articles on Internet law, new media and privacy. He contributes to and is on the advisory board of several legal publications, including the Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal and the Shidler Center’s e-journal, Journal of Law, Technology & Art, at the University of Washington School Of Law. Mr. Allard also speaks frequently before professional and academic audiences throughout the United States and abroad. 

Mr. Allard taught for several years as an adjunct professor at both George Mason University Law School and the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. He is a frequent guest lecturer on university and college campuses and holds several major alumni leadership positions at Princeton University, Oxford University and the Rhodes Scholarship Trust.

Mr. Allard is a graduate of Princeton and Oxford Universities, and was a Rhodes Scholar. After receiving his law degree from Yale University, he served as law clerk for Chief U.S. District Judge Robert F. Peckham in San Francisco and for U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia M. Wald in Washington, D.C.

Affiliations

  • Fellow, ABA Bar Foundation
  • Member, American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress (2011-)
  • Member, ABA Administrative Law Section, Task Force on Lobbying Regulation (2009-)
  • Arbitrator, Telenor Mobile Communications A.S. v. Republic of Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/15 (September 13, 2006) – the Award in this case set a standard for the threshold review of investment treaty claims at the jurisdictional stage, and confirmed the fundamental importance of respecting limits placed by sovereign States on their consent to international arbitration.
  • Chair, CBI’s Bio/Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Government Affairs and Lobby and Compliance Program, Washington, D.C. (July 30-31, 2007)
  • Special State Attorney General, New Mexico (Appointed: Nov. 13, 2006)
  • Advisory Board, Clean Energy Systems, Inc. (2005-)
  • Executive Advisory Board, University of Washington School of Law, Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts (formerly known as Shidler Center Journal of Law, Commerce & Technology (2003-)
  • National Advisory Board, Center For National Policy, Washington, D.C. (1994-2000)
  • Advisory Board, Hastings University Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (1994-)
  • Advisory Board and Founding Member, Center for Technology Law, George Mason University (1998-2004)
  • Director, Association of American Rhodes Scholars (1998-); Secretary, (2006- ); Co-Chair, Rhodes Scholarship Trust Capital Campaign (2008-); Secretary, Class of 1974 American Rhodes Scholars; Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, District V, Secretary (2002-), Member (1998-)
  • Director, Merton College Charitable Corporation (1991-)
  • Princeton Alumni Activities include: Member, Advisory Board, Scholars in the Nation’s Service, Woodrow Wilson School (2007- ); Member, Council of the Princeton University Community (1974, 2005-06); Alumni Council Executive Committee (2001-06); National Schools Committee (1992-95, 2000-02, Chairman 2003-05); Committee to Nominate Alumni Trustees (1989-92, Chairman, 1991-92); President, Class of 1974 (1972, 1974, 1994-99); Member, Alumni Council Task Force on Alcohol (1998-99); Member, Alumni Council Strategic Planning Committee (1997-99); Co-Chair, Princeton Club of Washington 250th Celebration (with Anne Linton and John Vogel) (Weekend Symposium: The Transformation of Learning in the Age of Technology); President; Princeton Club of Washington, (1992-94), Vice President, Princeton Club of Washington (1990-92); Class of 1974, Class Agent (2010- ); Chairman, Annual Giving in Washington, D.C. (1982-86); Chairman, Alumni Schools Admission Committee for Southern Maryland (1986-91); Orange & Black Society, John Maclean Society
  • White House Fellows Selection Committee (1999-2001)
  • Aspen Institute Law and Society Seminar (2008-)
  • Trustee, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC (2008-)

Honors & Awards

  • Super Lawyer, Washington, DC (2013)
  • Ranked in “Government Relations,” Nationwide, Chambers USA (2012)
  • Visionary Award (distinction awarded attorneys whose business or legal acumen has been key to expanding their firms, improving government or advancing the law),” National Journal-Legal Times (June 7, 2010)
  • Recognized as one of D.C.'s “Top Lobbyists,” The Hill, (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Patton Boggs Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, Honorable Mention (2010)
  • “Hermes” Award for Contribution to Study of Communications Law, Syracuse University College of Law, Communications Law and Policy Society (February 19, 2010)
  • John W. Bader Princeton Class of 1974 Service Award (May 2004)
  • Alumni Council Award for Service to Princeton (May 29, 1999)
  • National Law Journal, Review of Top 40 Health Lawyers in U.S. (April 7, 1997)
  • National Satellite Publishing, Inc., Wireless Attorney of the Year (1995)
  • Wireless Communications Association International, President’s Award (1992, 1993)
  • Federal Bar Association, Distinguished Service Award (1985)

Viewpoints

Date

Title
05.20.2013
06.01.2012
04.01.2012
12.22.2011
12.13.2011
08.08.2011
07.26.2011
06.27.2011
05.19.2011
05.12.2011
04.08.2011
03.21.2011
01.01.2011
01.01.2011
12.22.2010
12.09.2010
10.29.2010
10.04.2010
08.23.2010
02.22.2010
01.01.2008
09.01.2007
03.01.2007
02.01.2007
01.01.2003
05.04.2001
07.01.2000
01.01.1998
10.01.1997
01.01.1997
01.01.1996
03.07.1994
01.01.1994
01.01.1994
01.01.1993
01.01.1993
01.01.1993
01.01.1992

Events

Date

Title
09.26.2012
03.22.2012
12.08.2011
07.27.2011
07.26.2011
07.26.2011
07.07.2011
05.17.2011
03.26.2011
03.23.2011
03.19.2011
02.23.2011
11.15.2010
11.06.2010
10.22.2010
10.15.2010
10.06.2010
09.23.2010
09.23.2010
09.13.2010
06.17.2010
05.12.2010
04.28.2010
04.27.2010
03.13.2010
05.13.2009

News

Date

Title
02.10.2013
01.20.2013
11.27.2012
10.16.2012
08.08.2012
05.04.2012
07.20.2011
07.23.2010
09.05.2009
08.26.2009
07.22.2009
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