Allie Zakon

Allie Zakon is an associate in the Business Litigation Group at Robins Kaplan LLP. She came to the firm after clerking for Associate Justice Maureen Wash of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Allie attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she graduated summa cum laude and served as a Note and Comment Editor for Wisconsin Law Review. While in law school, she interned for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Consumer Protection Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Criminal Appeals Unit of the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

Education

• University of Wisconsin Law School, summa cum laude (2021); Wisconsin Law Review, Note and Comment Editor (2018-2021)
• Barnard College, B.A. in History (2016)

• Named "Attorney of the Year," Minnesota Lawyer (2024)
• Named a “North Star Lawyer” by the Minnesota State Bar Association for providing at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services (2023)
• Named to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s High Pro Bono Honor Roll (2023)
• Daniel H. Grady award for the top-ranking student in the graduating class (2021)
• Order of the Coif (2021)
• George J Laikin Award for best student article on a general interest topic in Wisconsin Law Review (2021)
• J. Michael Riley award for excellence in the study of tort law (2019)

Professional

• State Bar of Wisconsin
• Massachusetts Bar Association

Articles

• "Optimized for Addiction: Extending Product Liability Concepts to Defectively Design Social Media Algorithms and Overcoming the Communications Decency Act," Wisconsin Law Review (2020)

Media Mentions

• “2024 Attorneys of the Year: Georgia-Pacific v. Hyster-Yale Group,” Minnesota Lawyer (February 7, 2025)