76 Allen Matkins Lawyers Recognized in 2027 Best Lawyers in America

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – August 20, 2026 – Allen Matkins announced today that a total of 76 lawyers across 17 practice areas were recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, including corporate, real estate, land use, environmental, natural resources, litigation, tax, and bankruptcy.

Of the 76 lawyers ranked, 51 were ranked as “Best Lawyers,” and 25 were recognized as “Ones to Watch.” In addition, three lawyers earned “Lawyer of the Year” rankings, including:

• Matthew R. Fogt (Land Use and Zoning Law, Orange County)
• Jeffrey A. Chine (Land Use and Zoning Law, San Diego)
• Valentine S. Hoy (Litigation – Real Estate, San Diego)

The following were ranked as Best Lawyers:

• Pamela L. Andes (Environmental Law)
• David H. Blackwell (Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Stuart I. Block (Environmental Law)
• Matthew G. Bouslog (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law)
• Anthony R. Burney (Real Estate Law)
• Jeffrey A. Chine (Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Gregory A. Clark (Litigation – Real Estate)
• John C. Condas (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Marissa M. Dennis (Litigation – Real Estate)
• Drew M. Emmel (Real Estate Law)
• Barry H. Epstein (Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law)
• Ted G. Fates (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Matthew R. Fogt (Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Neil N. Gluck (Real Estate Law)
• Peter A. Griffin (Litigation – Real Estate)
• Mark Hartney (Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate)
• Julie K. Hoffman (Real Estate Law)
• Valentine S. Hoy (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate)
• Timothy M. Hutter (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate)
• Sandy Jacobson (Real Estate Law)
• Kamran Javandel (Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental)
• Jennifer Jeffers (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Spencer B. Kallick (Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law)
• Baldwin J. Lee (Employment Law – Management)
• Scott J. Leipzig (Litigation – Real Estate)
• Lauren Margiano (Real Estate Law)
• Nicole M. Martin (Environmental Law)
• Michael L. Matkins (Real Estate Law)
• Timothy McGinity (Litigation – Real Estate)
• Gary S. McKitterick (Real Estate Law)
• Mark Mengelberg (Real Estate Law)
• Brian W. Michel (Real Estate Law)
• Erin L. Murphy (Real Estate Law)
• Emily L. Murray (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Anton N. Natsis (Real Estate Law)
• Sandi L. Nichols (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law)
• Mark Nicoletti (Real Estate Law)
• Brad Nielsen (Real Estate Law)
• David L. Osias (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy)
• Dana P. Palmer (Environmental Law)
• Dean Pappas (Real Estate Law)
• Jeffrey R. Patterson (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Michael C. Pruter (Tax Law)
• Russ Rabinovich (Real Estate Law)
• Debra A. Riley (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Heather S. Riley (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Noah Shapiro (Real Estate Law)
• Jennifer E. Sung (Real Estate Law)
• David B. Stone (Real Estate Law)
• John M. Tipton (Real Estate Law)
• Marc D. Young (Real Estate Law)

The following were ranked as Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch:”

• Philip Adams (Commercial Litigation)
• Korinna Anderson (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Jacob E. Aronson (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Environmental)
• Courtney Barr (Real Estate Law)
• Amarveer Brar (Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Miles Carter (Real Estate Law)
• Jonathan D. Consani (Real Estate Law)
• Brenn Coyle (Real Estate Law)
• Carole Daniel (Commercial Litigation)
• Andrew Demirchyan (Real Estate Law)
• Joseph P. Dzida (Real Estate Law)
• Andrew Fausto (Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law, Real Estate Law)
• Adam B. Korn (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Catriona Lavery (Commercial Litigation)
• Adam Marx (Real Estate Law)
• Eoin McCarron (Land Use and Zoning Law)
• Joseph L. McGeady (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate)
• Gregory Noblitt (Real Estate Law)
• Annette Rittmuller (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• Naomi Strauss (Commercial Litigation)
• Nabeal Sunna (Construction Law)
• Nazani Temourian (Commercial Litigation)
• Stacey Villagomez (Commercial Litigation)
• Nancy Grant Waters (Real Estate Law)
• Rebecca Williams (Litigation – Real Estate)

Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Best Lawyers employs a survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Their process is designed to capture the opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.