Allen & Allen announces new president

Jason W. Konvicka is succeeding Edward L. Allen as president of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, the Richmond-based law firm announced April 11.

Konvicka joined the personal injury firm as a trial attorney in 2000 and became a shareholder in 2006. Allen led the firm as president for the past six years and will continue as a trial lawyer and shareholder.

“Serving as the firm’s president has been an honor and privilege,” Allen said in a statement. “Jason and I are committed to a seamless transition, and we will continue to support this firm and our clients in every way we can.”

Konvicka specializes in personal injury and wrongful death cases related to medical malpractice, defective products, dangerous premises, tractor-trailer crashes, bus accidents and motor vehicle collisions. In 2016, he and Allen & Allen attorney Chris Guedri secured a $42 million settlement for three men who were severely burned and the family of one man who died after welding machinery exploded at a logging site in Greensville County.

From 1995 to 2000, Konvicka was an attorney at Emroch & Kilduff in Richmond. He’d previously clerked for Virginia Court of Appeals Judge Richard S. Bray.

“I am honored and humbled to be given this opportunity to serve our law firm’s incredible staff and clients,” Konvicka said in a statement. “I look forward to building on the solid foundation that already exists and continuing our steadfast commitment to protecting the injured. This is an exciting and important time for our firm.”

Konvicka holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Richmond and a law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law.

He has held leadership roles in multiple legal associations and currently serves as the 40th president of the Melvin M. Belli Society, a national association of trial lawyers. Konvicka was president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association from 2019 to 2020. In 2017, he was inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a fellowship limited to 500 attorneys worldwide. Konvicka serves on the academy’s board of directors.

Established in 1910, Allen & Allen has offices in Charlottesville, Chesterfield County, Fredericksburg, Mechanicsville, Petersburg, Richmond and Stafford County. As of Jan. 1, the firm had 39 lawyers in Virginia.