About Shawn Allyn

Shawn was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts and received two Bachelors degrees from Westfield State College. He also received an associate’s degree from Holyoke Community College. He earned his law degree from Western New England College School of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts.

After law school, Shawn became a member of both the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania bars and is also a member of the Hampden County Bar Association.

Shawn has a rich and diverse work history. While in law school, he worked full time as a social worker. After law school, Shawn became an Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Holyoke. In this position, he was able to horn his trial skills managing many municipal issues participating in employment discrimination claims, Massachusetts Tort Claim Act defenses and other areas of the law such as Liquor Licensing, Zoning, and Municipal Retirement.

Shawn has successfully handled medical malpractice, automobile personal injury, and product liability cases.

Shawn has gained local notoriety for vigorously representing employees in discrimination cases and at the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission.

Shawn has handled hundreds of Criminal Cases throughout Massachusetts. He has also successfully argued Appeals in the Massachusetts Appellate Courts.

Shawn has tried several jury cases from Homicide to Wrongful Death. Due to Shawn’s rich work history, experience, and exposure to so many areas of the law, he maintains a wide-based practice in multiple areas of the law throughout Massachusetts in its Federal and State Courts.

Shawn recently was the lead attorney on one of the region’s largest police brutality cases. He also works in conjunction with the American Civil Liberty Union of Western Massachusetts on Civil Rights matters as co-counsel when requested.

In January, Shawn was only one of a handful of lawyers selected to represent defendants indicted by the United States Government within the Western Region of the Massachusetts Federal District Court.