60 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2011 and Rising Stars 2011

SAN DIEGO - July 27, 2011 - Super Lawyers has released its list of outstanding attorneys for 2011 and 60 Allen Matkins attorneys have been named among the best in California.

Richard Mallory, a founding partner of the firm resident in its San Francisco office, has also been named among the Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers identifies the top five percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and sophisticated consumers in the search for legal counsel.

Allen Matkins attorneys listed as Southern California Super Lawyers 2011 include Frederick Allen, John Allen, Robert Cathcart, Michael Cerrina, Alan Clark, Neil Gluck, Thomas Henning, Brian Leck, Gregg Loubier, Michael Matkins and Michael Ryan of the firm's Los Angeles office; Gerben Hoeksma, Anton Natsis, Cheryl Prell and John Tipton of the firm's Century City office; and Pamela Andes, Dwight Armstrong, Keith Paul Bishop, John Condas, Kenneth Curtis, William Devine, Drew Emmel, Lawrence Lewis, Gary McKitterick and Jason Weiss of the firm's Orange County office.

Allen Matkins attorneys named among Northern California Super Lawyers 2011 are attorneys Raymond Buddie, David Cooke, John Gamble, Lee Gotshall-Maxon, Baldwin Lee, Nancy Lundeen, Richard Mallory, James Meeder, Sandi Nichols, Stephen Walters, Nicholas Waranoff and Robert Wyatt of the firm's San Francisco office; and David Blackwell and Michael Durkee of the firm's Walnut Creek office.

Attorneys listed among San Diego Super Lawyers 2011 include George Berger, Randy Broberg, Jeffrey Chine, Ray Gliner, Valentine Hoy, Clark Libenson, David Osias, Dana Schiffman and Amy Wintersheimer Findley.

The firm's attorneys listed among Southern California Rising Stars 2011 - those who are either 40 years of age or younger, or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years - include Kevin Ehrhart and Matthew Ertman of the firm's Los Angeles office; Scott Leipzig and Michael McFadden of the firm's Century City office; and Matthew Fogt, Brad Nielsen and Suzanne Skov of the firm's Orange County office.

The firm's attorneys listed among Northern California Rising Stars 2011 include Rick Grady, Bryan Hawkins, Cathy Hongola, Mark Seifert and Nicholas Subias from the firm's San Francisco office.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins, founded in 1977, is a California-based law firm with approximately 220 attorneys in four major metropolitan areas of California: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and San Diego. The firm's core specialties include real estate, real estate and commercial finance, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, construction, land use, natural resources, environmental, corporate and securities, intellectual property, joint ventures, taxation, employment and labor law, and dispute resolution and litigation in all these matters. For more than 30 years, Allen Matkins has helped clients turn opportunity and challenge into success by providing practical advice, innovative solutions and valuable business opportunities. When clients' challenges require experienced trial counsel, Allen Matkins has a proven track record of successful litigation before juries, judges and arbitrators.