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David Allen Green speaks at TAM London 2010

David Allen Green, born 1971, is a lawyer, writer and blogger.

Green was born and brought up in Birmingham. He studied Modern History at Pembroke College Oxford and Law at the University of Birmingham. He was called to the Bar in 1999 and became a solicitor in 2001. He is also legal correspondent for the New Statesman;[1] and blogs as "Jack of Kent".[2][3]

His articles on legal matters have been published by The Guardian, The Lawyer, New Scientist, and others.

He was shortlisted for the George Orwell blogging prize in 2010. He was named in 2010 as one of the leading innovators in journalism and media,[4] and in 2011 as one of the 'Hot 100' lawyers by The Lawyer.[5]

In 2012, Green was listed on the Independent on Sunday Pink List, .[6] On Twitter, Green noted that he was bisexual[7] in response to the listings.

Formerly a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie, Herbert Smith, and the Treasury Solicitor's Department, he is since 2009 head of the media practice at Preiskel & Co. He was involved on a pro bono basis with Simon Singh's successful libel defence campaign against the British Chiropractic Association[8] and in 2010, he advised Sally Bercow in her successful defence of a threatened libel action by lobby group MigrationWatch UK and their chairman Sir Andrew Green.[9][10]

Activism

Green is founder and convenor[11] of Westminster Skeptics, and sits on the advisory board of Sense About Science and on the editorial board of The Skeptic magazine.

Social media

Green is a prolific blogger, both on his own Jack of Kent blog and as part of his contribution to New Statesman[12] magazine. He appears on the legal podcast Without Prejudice.

References

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  1. ↑ http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/david_allen_green New Statesman (articles by) David Allen Green
  2. ↑ http://jackofkent.blogspot.com/ Blogger "Jack of Kent"
  3. ↑ http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/analysis/1799966/ideas-law-geek-inherit Alex Aldridge, "New ideas in law: The geek shall inherit..." Legalweek, 21 October 2010
  4. ↑ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2010/07/22/are-you-on-the-j-list-the-leading-innovators-in-journalism-and-media-in-2010/ "Are you on the j-list? The leading innovators in journalism and media in 2010" Journalism.co.uk
  5. ↑ http://www.centaur2.co.uk/emags/thelawyer/Hot100_2011/ "The Hot 100 2011" The Lawyer pages=4, 6, 10
  6. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html title=The IoS Pink List 2012 Independent on Sunday 4 November 2012
  7. ↑ https://twitter.com/DavidAllenGreen/status/265055562864132096 Delighted to represent the usually neglected Bs in LGBT in the IoS #PinkList (no 58) David Allen Green Twitter 4 November 2012Template:Dead link
  8. ↑ http://www.preiskel.com/people/david-allen-green/ "David Allen Green" Preiskel & Co
  9. ↑ http://www.thelawyer.com/migrationwatch-drops-sally-bercow-libel-threat/1005702.article "Migrationwatch drops Sally Bercow libel threat" Katy Dowell 7 October 2010 The Lawyer
  10. ↑ http://jackofkent.blogspot.com/2010/10/defending-sally-bercow.html Jack of Kent: Defending Sally Bercow David Allen Green Blogger
  11. ↑ http://westminster.skepticsinthepub.org/ Westminster Skeptics
  12. ↑ http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green "David Allen Green Blog for New Statesman"
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