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David Allen Green speaks at TAM London 2010 |
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Born | March 1971 Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, England |
Education | Four Dwellings School, University of Birmingham |
Occupation | Lawyer |
David Allen Green (born March 1971[1] at Selly Oak Hospital, in Birmingham[2]; "Allen" is his second forename) is an English lawyer[3] and writer. He is also legal correspondent for the New Statesman;[4] and blogs as "Jack of Kent".[5][6]
His articles on legal matters have been published by The Guardian, The Lawyer, New Scientist, and others.
He was shortlisted for the George Orwell blogging prize in 2010 and is a judge of the same in 2011. He was also named in 2010 as one of the leading innovators in journalism and media,[7] and in 2011 as one of the 'Hot 100' lawyers by The Lawyer.[8]
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Green was born and brought up in Birmingham. After education at Four Dwellings comprehensive school and Halesowen College sixth-form, he studied Modern History at Pembroke College Oxford and Law at the University of Birmingham.[2]
After being awarded the Sir Thomas More and Hardwicke Scholarships by Lincoln's Inn,[2] Green was called to the Bar in 1999[2] and became a solicitor in 2001.[2] Formerly a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie, Herbert Smith, and the Treasury Solicitor, he is now (and since 2009) head of the media practice at Preiskel & Co.[3]
He was involved on a pro bono basis with Simon Singh's successful libel defence campaign against the British Chiropractic Association.[3]
In 2010, he advised Sally Bercow in her successful defence of a threatened libel action by lobby group MigrationWatch UK and their chairman Sir Andrew Green.[9][10]
He led the defence in the Twitter Joke Trial.[11]
Green is founder and convenor[12] of Westminster Skeptics, and sits on the advisory board of Sense About Science and on the editorial board of The Skeptic magazine.
Green is a prolific blogger, both on his own Jack of Kent blog and as part of his contribution to New Statesman[13] magazine. He appears on the legal podcast Without Prejudice.