Marching on: Expert in liquor law overcomes more than her share of hurdles
Published: March 17, 2026
If necessity is indeed the mother of invention, then consider Bloomfield
Hills attorney Kelly Allen a true believer in the proverb long
attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
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