I have earned three mediation certifications.  My mediation practice spans Beneficiary & Fiduciary Disputes, Divorce, Elder Care and Guardianship Disputes, Estates, Wills, Trusts and Power of Attorney Litigation, and Estate Planning Disputes.

Now retired from the practice of law, my former law practice was focused on matters of Estates, Wills, Trusts,  Powers of Attorney,  Prenuptial Contracts, Business Succession Planning, Charitable Trust Planning, Trust and Estate Administration, Estate-Related Tax Matters, Probate, Guardianship, and litigation in those practice areas. Through litigation and mediation, I represented Trustees and Executors against Beneficiary claims as well as Beneficiaries in their claims against Trustees and Executors. I have planned estates valued from $25,000 to $200,000,000.

Early in my career I was an Assistant General Counsel for Litigation for HEW (now the U.S. Health and Human Services Administration) and an Estate and Gift Tax Attorney for the IRS before entering private practice. As an Adjunct Professor, I taught estate tax law at Northeastern State University and jurisprudence at the University of Tennessee. I was a partner in a law firm in Tennessee for many years before moving to Oklahoma where I founded The Allison Firm, PLLC in 1996. I began mediating disputes in 2015. In 2017, I merged my law practice with Schaffer Herring, PLLC, becoming a Director and Attorney. I retired from the practice of law to pursue full-time mediation in 2021.

Involved in many community and charitable endeavors over the years, I currently serve on the Advisory Board of Purview (life care management). I write articles as well as accept invitations to speak nationwide with respect to mediation.