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KRISTEN L. McMICHAEL JOINS THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OF
ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS LLP

SAN FRANCISCO – Aug. 6, 2007 – Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business and real estate law firm, announced today that Kristen L. McMichael has joined the Firm as an associate in the San Francisco office.

Ms. McMichael practices exclusively in the area of labor and employment.

"Kristen brings additional depth and breadth to Allen Matkins' strong core of labor and employment attorneys," said John Gamble, operating partner of the firm's San Francisco office. "Her experience will play an integral part in serving the diverse needs of our clients."

Ms. McMichael represents private employers in individual, multi-party and class action employment litigation in state and federal court, including wage and hour, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and breach of contract. She represents employers before such administrative agencies as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

Ms. McMichael also assists federal contractors and subcontractors in developing and implementing their affirmative action plans and provides representation during audits by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

She regularly counsels employers on various employment issues, including discipline, termination and compliance with state and federal employment laws. She drafts and revises employment policies and procedures and employee handbooks.

Ms. McMichael comes to Allen Matkins from DLA Piper. Prior to DLA Piper, she was with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP and Graham & James LLP. She was also a judicial extern to the Honorable Laughlin E. Waters, U.S. District Court, Central District of California.

Ms. McMichael received her J.D. from University of Southern California Law Center in 1997 and her B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles in 1993.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, founded in 1977, is a California law firm with approximately 230 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.