44 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2008 and Rising Stars 2008

SAN DIEGO – Aug. 13, 2008 – Super Lawyers has released its list of outstanding attorneys for 2008 and 44 Allen Matkins attorneys have been named among the best in California, including approximately 33 percent of the firm's partners.

Allen Matkins attorneys listed as Southern California Super Lawyers 2008 include Fred Allen, John Allen, Robert Cathcart, Michael Cerrina, Thomas Henning, Bryan Jackson, Brian Leck, Gregg Loubier, Michael Matkins and Anthony Oliva from the firm's Los Angeles office; Robert Lurie, Anton Natsis, Cheryl Prell and John Tipton from the firm's Century City office; and Pamela Andes, Dwight Armstrong, Keith Bishop, John Condas, Gary McKitterick and David Wensley from the firm's Orange County office.

Allen Matkins attorneys named among Northern California Super Lawyers 2008 are attorneys Raymond Buddie, David Cooke, John Gamble, Baldwin Lee, Richard Mallory, Robert Moore, Sandi Nichols, Stephen Walters, Nicholas Waranoff and Robert Wyatt from the firm's San Francisco office.

Attorneys listed among San Diego Super Lawyers 2008 include George Berger, Randy Broberg, David Osias, Jeffrey Patterson, Dana Schiffman and Amy Wintersheimer Findley.

The firm's attorneys listed among Southern California Rising Stars 2008 – those who are either 40 years of age or younger, or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years – include Kevin Ehrhart, Matthew Ertman, Nancy Fong from the firm's Los Angeles office; Kyle Hoshide, Cynthia Jara, Michael McFadden and Delmar Nehrenberg from the firm's Century City office; and Steven Imhoof from the firm's Orange County office.

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.

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.

Allen Matkins is located on the web at www.allenmatkins.com.