Recipient of San Diego Criminal Defense Bar
Association “Career Service Award” (2008), "Conant
Trial Attorney of the Year" (1998), "Directors Award
for Excellence" (1999), and former President of the
San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association
(1998-99), Attorney Allen Bloom is one of San
Diego's most successful and effective Criminal
Defense Attorneys.
For the past 33 years, he has dedicated his
professional career to representing those accused of
crimes and has handled - with considerable success -
some of the most difficult and highly publicized
cases in San Diego and throughout California and
adjoining states.
He has achieved an "AV"
rating from the prestigious firm of Martindale
Hubbell, signifying that he has reached the heights
of professional excellence and is recognized as
preeminent in his field and with the highest levels
of skill and integrity. (Ratings reflect the
confidential opinions of bar members and the
judiciary, and attest to the individual lawyer's
legal ability and adherence to professional
standards of ethics.)
He is rated as a Class
6 attorney, one of very few throughout the county of
San Diego, the highest rating available for
attorneys as designated by the San Diego County
Judicial Attorney Review Committee, indicating a
qualification level capable of handling cases as
difficult as capital murders.
He has
extensive trial experience in defense of serious
felony cases, homicides, capital cases, and
extensive experience in post-conviction matters.
He has been attorney of record in hundreds of
serious felony trials, several thousand criminal
cases including juvenile matters and has filed
writs, appeals, motions, and other matters in United
States Supreme Court, Circuit Court of Appeal,
District Courts, California Supreme Court, Courts of
Appeal, Superior and Misdemeanor Courts in San
Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San
Francisco, Madera, Alameda, and in the state of
Nevada.
He has acted as Judge, Pro Tem of the
Municipal Court, State of California and as Adjunct
Professor of Law at the University of San Diego
School of Law, Thomas Jefferson/Western State
University School, and National University School of
Law.
