David Osias of Allen Matkins to be Inducted as Fellow of American College of Bankruptcy

SAN DIEGO - Nov. 18, 2009 - Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California business and real estate law firm, announces that David Osias, chair of the firm's bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice and partner in Allen Matkins' San Diego office, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy .

Fellows of The American College of Bankruptcy are recognized for their professional excellence in and exceptional contributions to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency law. They are selected by a Board of Regents from the recommendations of the Circuit Admissions Council in each federal judicial circuit and specially appointed Committees for Judicial and International Fellows. Osias is only the third Fellow to be selected from San Diego.

"David's induction as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy confirms what his colleagues and adversaries and the bench and community have known throughout his career. He possesses the highest level of integrity, professionalism, expertise and ethics," said Brian Leck, managing partner of Allen Matkins. "His dedication to the enhancement of Allen Matkins' bankruptcy and creditor's rights practice serves as a model for the entire firm. We congratulate him on this prestigious honor."

Osias is widely recognized as an authority on creditor and debtor rights in out-of-court workouts and restructurings, federal and state-court receiverships, and reorganization and liquidation bankruptcy proceedings. His bankruptcy practice includes representation of debtors, creditors, trustees and examiners, and official creditors committees. Osias has served as the court-appointed examiner in a multi-million dollar bankruptcy case and has been designated as an expert witness in a variety of cases. Osias also represents federal equity receivers in numerous cases throughout California, Washington and Oregon.

As one of the new Fellows in the Twenty-First Class (2010), Osias will be inducted at a ceremony to be held at the Great Hall of the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 2010.

The American College of Bankruptcy honors exceptional bankruptcy professionals distinguished by their work, their contributions to the administration of justice and their integrity. The College employs the talents, resources and goodwill of its Fellows to promote professional excellence, collegiality, scholarship and access to justice. College Fellows include commercial and consumer bankruptcy attorneys, insolvency accountants, turnaround and workout specialists, law professors, judges, government officials and others involved in the bankruptcy and insolvency community.

The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary professional and educational association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals. The College plays an important role in sustaining professional excellence in this rapidly expanding field of expertise. For more information, visit http://www.amercol.org/.