Allena W. McCain

Allena W.

McCain

Overview

Alléna is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group. She focuses her practice on insurance defense and legal, medical and professional malpractice. 

Experience

  • Represents insurance companies defending against personal injury claims, auto accident claims and premises liability claims.
  • Two-week jury trial defending a claim involving significant automobile accident with heavily-contested causation and damages issues, including severe orthopedic injuries, traumatic brain injury, and cognitive and psychological deficits.  Navigated novel procedural concerns regarding COVID-19 precautions in jury trials.
  • Represented manufacturing company in premises liability, auto claims and indemnity disputes.
  • Secured summary judgment for insurance client based on the application of the Louisiana Construction Anti-Indemnity Statute.

Distinctions

  • Super Lawyers®
    • Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, Personal Injury - General: Defense, 2024

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2019
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Louisiana: Eastern, Middle, Western
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit

Education

  • Louisiana State University, J.D.,D.C.L., cum laude, 2019
    • Order of the Barristers
    • John L. Costello National Trial Competition – National Champion Team Member, 2019
    • Board of Advocates, 2018-2019
    • Louisiana Law Review, Issue Editor, Vol. 79
    • Louisiana Law Review, Junior Associate, Vol. 78
    • Top Oral Advocate, LSU Flory Trial Competition, Fall 2017
    • Opening Statement Competition Finalist, Fall 2017
    • CALI Award, Legal Research and Writing
    • CALI Award, Successions, Donations and Trusts
    • Tutor, Torts and Federal Civil Procedure 2
    • Research Assistant to Dean Tom Galligan, 2017-2019
  • University Of Louisiana Monroe, B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2016
    • 2016 Top Graduate
    • 2016 Outstanding Graduate in Finance
    • Phi Kappa Phi
    • ULM Mock Trial Team – 2014-2015 Rookie of the Year
    • ULM Mock Trial Team – 2016 American Mock Trial Association Regional Outstanding Attorney Award

Associations

  • Federal Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Law Institute
    • Junior Member, 2020
  • American Bar Association
    • Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
      • TIPS NOW!
        • Class of 2024-2025
      • TIPS Standing Committee Communications
        • The Brief, Magazine Editorial Board, 2024-2025
      • Medicine and Law General Committee
        • Vice-Chair, 2024-2025
    • Young Lawyers Division
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association

Papers, Presentations & Publications

Allena W.

McCain

Overview

Alléna is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group. She focuses her practice on insurance defense and legal, medical and professional malpractice. 

Experience

  • Represents insurance companies defending against personal injury claims, auto accident claims and premises liability claims.
  • Two-week jury trial defending a claim involving significant automobile accident with heavily-contested causation and damages issues, including severe orthopedic injuries, traumatic brain injury, and cognitive and psychological deficits.  Navigated novel procedural concerns regarding COVID-19 precautions in jury trials.
  • Represented manufacturing company in premises liability, auto claims and indemnity disputes.
  • Secured summary judgment for insurance client based on the application of the Louisiana Construction Anti-Indemnity Statute.

Distinctions

  • Super Lawyers®
    • Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, Personal Injury - General: Defense, 2024

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2019
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Louisiana: Eastern, Middle, Western
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit

Education

  • Louisiana State University, J.D.,D.C.L., cum laude, 2019
    • Order of the Barristers
    • John L. Costello National Trial Competition – National Champion Team Member, 2019
    • Board of Advocates, 2018-2019
    • Louisiana Law Review, Issue Editor, Vol. 79
    • Louisiana Law Review, Junior Associate, Vol. 78
    • Top Oral Advocate, LSU Flory Trial Competition, Fall 2017
    • Opening Statement Competition Finalist, Fall 2017
    • CALI Award, Legal Research and Writing
    • CALI Award, Successions, Donations and Trusts
    • Tutor, Torts and Federal Civil Procedure 2
    • Research Assistant to Dean Tom Galligan, 2017-2019
  • University Of Louisiana Monroe, B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2016
    • 2016 Top Graduate
    • 2016 Outstanding Graduate in Finance
    • Phi Kappa Phi
    • ULM Mock Trial Team – 2014-2015 Rookie of the Year
    • ULM Mock Trial Team – 2016 American Mock Trial Association Regional Outstanding Attorney Award

Associations

  • Federal Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Law Institute
    • Junior Member, 2020
  • American Bar Association
    • Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
      • TIPS NOW!
        • Class of 2024-2025
      • TIPS Standing Committee Communications
        • The Brief, Magazine Editorial Board, 2024-2025
      • Medicine and Law General Committee
        • Vice-Chair, 2024-2025
    • Young Lawyers Division
  • Baton Rouge Bar Association

Papers, Presentations & Publications