Francis M. Allegra

Born: Cleveland, Ohio
October 14, 1957

Judge Allegra was appointed Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims on October 22, 1998. He graduated from Borromeo College of Ohio, receiving a B.A. degree in 1978; he then attended Cleveland State University, receiving a J.D. degree in 1981.

Judge Allegra formerly was a Deputy Associate Attorney General at the Department Justice, 1994-1998. In his fourteen-year career at the Department of Justice he also served as Counselor to the Associate Attorney General, 1994; Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division, 1990-1994;Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division, 1989-1990; and Line Attorney, Appellate Section, Tax Division, 1984-1989; From 1982 through 1984, he was an associate at theCleveland law firm of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. In 1981, he was judicial clerk of the Chief Trial JudgePhilip R. Miller at the United States Court of Claims.

Judge Allegra is married to the former Regina Lynne Esposito. He is a member of numerous bars, including the Bar of the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Bar of the District of Columbia, and the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.