38 Allen Matkins Partners Recognized in 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®; Keith Bishop, Jeff Chine, and Val Hoy Named ‘Lawyers of the Year’; 16 Additional Lawyers Named to ‘Ones to Watch’ List

The Best Lawyers in America® has published its 2024 edition and Allen Matkins once again received high marks with 38 partners recognized in their respective practice areas, Keith Bishop (Securities/Capital Markets Law in Orange County), Jeff Chine (Land Use and Zoning Law in San Diego), and Val Hoy (Litigation-Real Estate in San Diego), were named “Lawyers of the Year,” and 16 Allen Matkins lawyers were named to the “Ones to Watch” list.

Partners selected from the Century City office include Julie Hoffman, Spencer Kallick, Brian Michel, Tony Natsis, and John Tipton; from the Los Angeles office, John Allen, Neil Gluck, Kate Kraus, Michael Matkins, Erin Murphy, David Stone, and Marc Young; from the Orange County office, Pamela Andes, Keith Bishop, John Condas, Drew Emmel, Matt Fogt, Gary McKitterick, Brad Nielsen, and Richard Stinehart; from the San Diego office, Jeff Chine, Ted Fates, Val Hoy, Tim Hutter, David Osias, Jeffrey Patterson, Michael Pruter, Debra Riley, and Heather Riley; and from the San Francisco office, David Blackwell, Anthony Burney, David Cooke, Barry Epstein, Kamran Javandel, Baldwin Lee, Nancy Lundeen, Mark Mengelberg, and Sandi Nichols.

Allen Matkins lawyers named to the “Ones to Watch” list include, from the Century City office, Courtney Barr, Amarveer Brar, and Ariel Shaeps; from the Los Angeles office, Marty Akerblom, Melissa Bell, Joseph Dzida, Steven Farenbaugh, Emily Feder, Peter Griffin, and Tara Paul; from the Orange County office Monica Erskine, Kelly Smith, and Matt Bouslog; and from the San Francisco office, Andrew Demirchyan, Nicholas DuBroff, and Matthew Lee.

Best Lawyers lists are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for inclusion in Best Lawyers, that attorney must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain on the list for each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on our lists.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards recognize lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. Like traditional Best Lawyers awards, a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition is based entirely on peer review.