Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Varnum Varnum LLP added associate attorneys Justin A. Allen, Tuo (Paul) Wang, William J. Whalen and Yezi (Amy) Yan, to its Grand Rapids office. They all served as summer associates at the firm. Allen has experience in litigation and corporate law matters. Prior to joining Varnum, he served as an intern for the U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Allen received his Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2020. While he was in law school, he worked in the criminal practice clinic and represented indigent defendants in criminal court. Allen also worked at a state government lobbying firm in Lansing prior to going to law school. Allen received his Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University.