Allen Matkins

SAN DIEGO – June 3, 2008 – Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business and real estate law firm, announces the addition of Michael R. Adele as senior counsel in the firm's Del Mar Heights office.

Adele joins Allen Matkins' technology and intellectual property and litigation practice groups. He graduated with honors from Harvard Law School in 1988 and has litigated intellectual property matters for approximately 20 years. Adele helped found Cooley Godward's San Diego litigation practice, became a partner there in 1997 and served as head of litigation management for its San Diego office. Most recently, he served as the head of litigation for Weiland, Golden et al., where he first chaired trials in state and federal court, and successfully represented clients in bet-the-company trademark and licensing disputes, trade secret matters, distribution agreements and other civil matters.

"Michael brings substantial courtroom experience to Allen Matkins' existing intellectual property transactional and registration practices," said Randy Broberg, chair of Allen Matkins' technology and intellectual property practice group.

"Michael's outstanding reputation as a litigator is a great fit for our successful technology and intellectual property practice group," said John Gamble, chair of Allen Matkins' recruiting program.

"It is a unique and exciting opportunity to lead Allen Matkins' intellectual property litigation practice," said Adele. "Allen Matkins has done a phenomenal job expanding its intellectual property practice, and the potential for further growth and success is enormous. I am looking forward to working closely with the Del Mar Heights IP team to provide first rate intellectual property services to its existing and future clients."

Allen Matkins' Del Mar Heights office provides legal representation to clients in the areas of corporate, securities, technology, intellectual property, tax, real estate and litigation. The firm was recently named as a "Go To" Law Firm for Leading Technology Companies by Corporate Counsel magazine and Randy Broberg was named among the Top 10 Trademark Attorneys in California in 2008 by the Daily Journal.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, founded in 1977, is a California law firm with approximately 240 attorneys practicing out of seven offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, San Diego, Century City, Del Mar Heights and Walnut Creek. The firm's broad-based areas of focus include real estate, construction, real estate finance, land use, business litigation, environmental, corporate, taxation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and employment and labor law.