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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ALLEN
MATKINS STRENGTHENS ITS HIGHLY REGARDED
LABOR, TAX AND HEALTHCARE PRACTICE GROUP
MARK
J. GRUSHKIN AND SAMUEL H. STEIN RETURN TO
ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS LLP
Los Angeles, CA. –
March 9th, 2006.
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business and real
estate law firm, announced the return of Mark Grushkin and Sam Stein
from Greenberg Traurig, both leaders in employee benefit and tax
law with 47 years combined experience representing large public
corporations, small and mid market companies, healthcare systems,
nonprofit organizations, corporate trustees, and single employer
plans.
“We are extremely
happy to welcome Mark and Sam back to Allen Matkins,” said
Brian Leck, Allen Matkins' Managing Partner. “Their experience
as premier employee benefits lawyers in the Western United States
is a valued component in our firm’s expanding plan for the
future.”
Mark graduated from California
State University, Los Angeles in 1975 and Southwestern University
School of Law in 1978, and has established a career as a writer,
speaker, lecturer and practitioner of law. He has spoken at numerous
national and regional symposiums including the American Society
of Pension Actuaries, the California Bar Association, Practicing
Law Institute, and the University of Southern California Tax Institute,
and served as a past president of the Employee Benefits Committee
Subsection of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Beverly
Hills Bar Association.
Mark Grushkin and Sam
Stein first came to Allen Matkins in 1997, Mark as a partner and
Sam as an associate, and both served in the firm’s Tax Department,
with Mark serving as Chair of the firm's Employee Benefits Department
for seven years. In 2004, both accepted a position as shareholders
with Greenberg Traurig; however they decided to make a return to
Allen Matkins this past month.
“We are very pleased
to return home to Allen Matkins” says Grushkin.
Sam graduated with high
honors from University of Illinois in 1984, and in 1989 from the
University of Texas School of Law. Throughout his career, he has
specialized in employee benefits and tax law, having written extensively
on these subjects and served as a member of the Labor and Employment
and Taxation Sections of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
“Sam and Mark have
a broad range of corporate tax and employee benefit law knowledge
that will serve Allen Matkins' client needs well,” said Leck.
“The diverse capabilities of the firm will also greatly benefit
their existing client base as well as those who have worked with
them in the past.”
Both Stein and Grushkin
are admitted to practice in the State of California.
ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, founded in 1977,
is a California law firm with approximately 220 attorneys practicing
out of six strategically located offices in Orange County, Los Angeles,
Century City, Del Mar Heights, San Diego and San Francisco. The
firm's broad based areas of focus include corporate, real estate,
construction, real estate finance, business litigation, taxation,
land use, environmental, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and employment
and labor law.
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