57 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2009 and Rising Stars 2009

SAN DIEGO - July 15, 2009 - Super Lawyers has released its list of outstanding attorneys for 2009 and 57 Allen Matkins attorneys have been named among the best in California.

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 2009 include Fred Allen, John Allen, Robert Cathcart, Michael Cerrina, Neil Gluck, Thomas Henning, Bryan Jackson, Brian Leck, Gregg Loubier, Michael Matkins, Anthony Oliva and Michael Ryan from the firm's Los Angeles office; Gerben Hoeksma, 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, William Devine, Drew Emmel, Gary McKitterick, Jason Weiss and David Wensley from the firm's Orange County office.

Allen Matkins attorneys named among Northern California Super Lawyers 2009 are attorneys Raymond Buddie, David Cooke, John Gamble, Baldwin Lee, Nancy Lundeen, Richard Mallory, Sandi Nichols, Stephen Walters, Nicholas Waranoff and Robert Wyatt from the firm's San Francisco office, and Michael Durkee from the firm's Walnut Creek office.

Attorneys listed among San Diego Super Lawyers 2009 include George Berger, Randy Broberg, Jeffrey Chine, Ray Gliner, Valentine Hoy, David Osias and Amy Wintersheimer Findley.

The firm's attorneys listed among Southern California Rising Stars 2009 - those who are either 40 years of age or younger, or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years - include Alex Choi, William DeClercq and Kevin Ehrhart from the firm's Los Angeles office; Kyle Hoshide from the firm's Century City office; and Brian Bauer, Gregory Clark, Candace Harrison, Brad Nielsen and Suzanne Skov from the firm's Orange County office.

The firm's attorneys listed among Northern California Rising Stars 2009 include Rick Grady and Mark Seifert of the firm's San Francisco office, and Thomas Tunny of the firm's Walnut Creek 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.