Allen M. Wolf

ALLEN WOLF is a former award winning broadcast Journalist turned Attorney. He has been practicing law for over 37 years and is the founder and principal member of THE WOLF LAW FIRM. After receiving his Juris Doctorate from Wayne State University Law School in 1980, he left journalism and was appointed as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney by then Oakland County Prosecutor L. Brook Patterson. Patterson told the Detroit Free Press that Wolf was "one of the most exciting professional trial attorneys" he's ever seen. According to Patterson, Wolf "takes a case, works the hell out of it and gets fantastic results." In 1986, the U.S. Department of Justice recruited Wolf to become an Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit. During his tenure as a Federal Prosecutor, Wolf was cross-designated as a Special Assistant Michigan Attorney General by the State Attorney General Frank Kelly in connection with Wolf's assignment to coordinate a joint Federal/State Arson Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Wolf completed assignments in the White Collar Fraud and Special Prosecution Units before leaving federal public service for the private sector in 1988. It was at that time his legal experience expanded to include civil law as an Associate in a large Southfield insurance defense firm, and then as a Partner in a business firm. In 2001, Wolf opened his own law office on Lake Orion in Oakland County, Michigan after the Oxford Police, Fire and EMS Commission retained him as Special Counsel to conduct an internal investigation of its police chief. Wolf's law practice includes business litigation, insurance and personal injury law, and criminal defense. Attorney Wolf handles cases in products liability, fraud, computer crimes, OWI/DUI, health care fraud, contract disputes, noncompete agreements, collections, subrogation, arson and fire investigations, appeals and grand jury investigations. Mr. Wolf is a former President of the Rochester Bar Association, current Vice President of the Michigan Fire Safe Foundation and is a former member of the Michigan Arson Prevention Committee. When not practicing law, Wolf enjoys kayaking, sailing, mountain biking and snowmobiling at his cottage on Lake Huron in northern Michigan. Wolf is a computer and electronics enthusiast and holds a FCC Extra Class Amateur (Ham) Radio License which allows him to communicate with other hams around the world for emergency, public service and hobby purposes. Allen Wolf has been selected as a Michigan Super Lawyer. Nominations for this prestigious honor are limited to 5% of the practicing attorneys in Michigan. Wolf has also received an AV Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest designation for ethical standards and legal ability awarded to attorneys nationwide, and has the rating of "Superb" on AVVO, a well know Independent Attorney Review Service. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Allen M. Wolf included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Michigan Super Lawyer "AV" Rating (Highest) by Martindale-Hubbell Michigan Supreme Court Letter of Commendation for Assistance in Producing Judicial Training Film on "Privileges" National Radio Broadcasters Association/Columbia University "Armstrong Award" for Superior Programming in the Community Service Category Detroit Press Club Foundation First Place Award for Best Documentary Associated Press Broadcast News Competition First Place Award for General Excellence of Individual News Reporting Ohio University's Helen Wilcox International Speech Tournament First Place Award for Radio News Bradley University's L.E. Norton International Speech Tournament First Place Award TV News Category Wayne State University Journalism Department Scholarship Recipient Other Sources of Feedback About Allen M. Wolf Included on the 2023Michigan Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2021 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2018 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2016 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2013 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2009 Michigan Super Lawyers list 2008 Michigan Super Lawyers list

• Legal Analyst for CBS Radio (WWJ) in Detroit, Michigan
• Former Legal Commentator for Post New Week Station WDIV Channel 4 Detroit
• Lecturer, "Criminal and Civil Procedure", Annual State-Wide Insurance Industry Seminar, International Association of Special Investigation Units
• Lecturer, "Insurance Fraud for Prosecutors", Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council Annual State-Wide Training Retreat in Gaylord, Michigan
• Lecturer, "Creating Demonstrative Evidence From Low-Tech to high-Tech", International Association of Arson Investigators International Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Lecturer, "Converting Civil Insurance Investigations into Criminal Prosecution", "SIU Seminar", National Insurance Crime Bureau in Southfield, Michigan
• Lecturer, "Using Electronic Visuals to Win Trials", "Annual State-Wide Seminar", International Associations of Arson Investigators in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
• Lecturer, "Investigative Interviewing", "Insurance Industry Seminar", Michigan Arson Prevention Committee in Lansing, Michigan
• Lecturer, "Not So Totally Hidden Video", Insurance Fraud Seminar, International Association of Special Investigation Units in Baltimore, Maryland
• Lecturer, "Repeals of the Michigan Standard Fire Policy", "Insurance Industry Fire Investigation Seminar", Michigan State Police Academy
• Lecturer, "Examination Under Oath Process", "Insurance Industry Seminar", Michigan Arson Prevention Committee
• Lecturer, "Beyond the Chalkboard... High-Tech in the Courtroom", Annual Seminar, Michigan Adjusters Association
• Co-Founder & Coordinator, "Arson School for Prosecutors", Michigan Arson Prevention Committee and the Michigan State Police Fire Marshal Division
• Lecturer, Demonstrative Evidence, Michigan State Police Advanced Fire Investigation School
• Lecturer, High Tech Demonstrative Evidence, Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• Lecturer, "Thinking Trial at the Fire Scene", International Association of Arson Investigators
• Lecturer, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Arson for Profit Investigations
• Lecturer, Evidence and Trial Techniques, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan
• Guest Lecturer, Demonstrative Evidence and the Use of Audio-Visual Aids in the Courtroom, University of Detroit Law School
• Lecturer, Criminal Law, Oakland County Police Academy

• Michigan, 1980
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

• Former and Current Affiliations:
• Rochester Bar Association, President
• Oakland County Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Oxford Police, Fire and EMS Commission, Special Counsel
• FBI Agents involved in "Critical Incidents", Approved Counsel
• Michigan Fire Safe Foundation, Vice President
• International Association of Arson Investigators, Advisory Counsel
• Michigan Arson Prevention Committee
• Arson Sub-Committee, Detroit Chamber of Commerce
• International Association of Special Investigation Units
• Victims Rights Committee - State Bar of Michigan
• Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• National District Attorneys Association
• Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan
• Oakland County Law Enforcement Association
• Oakland Criminal Investigators Association