61 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2012 and Rising Stars 2012

SAN DIEGO – July 19, 2012 – Super Lawyers has released its list of outstanding attorneys for 2012, and 61 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 2012 are Frederick Allen, John Allen, Robert Cathcart, Michael Cerrina, Alan Clark, Neil Gluck, Thomas Henning, Bryan Jackson, Brian Leck, Gregg Loubier, Michael Matkins, Anthony Oliva and Michael Ryan of the firm's Los Angeles office; Gerben Hoeksma, Kyle Hoshide, Robert Lurie, Anton Natsis, Cheryl Prell and John Tipton of the firm's Century City office; and Pamela Andes, Dwight Armstrong, Keith Paul Bishop, John Condas, Kenneth Curtis, William Devine, Drew Emmel, Gary McKitterick and Jason Weiss of the firm's Orange County office.

Allen Matkins attorneys named among Northern California Super Lawyers 2012 are Raymond Buddie, Andrea Clay, David Cooke, Lee Gotshall-Maxon, Baldwin Lee, Nancy Lundeen, Richard Mallory, Robert Moore, Sandi Nichols, Sonia Ransom, Marshall Wallace, Stephen Walters and Nicholas Waranoff of the firm's San Francisco office; and David Blackwell and Michael Durkee of the firm's Walnut Creek office.

Attorneys listed among San Diego Super Lawyers 2012 are George Berger, Jeffrey Chine, Ray Gliner, Valentine Hoy, Clark Libenson, David Osias, Dana Schiffman and Amy Wintersheimer Findley.

The firm's attorneys listed among Southern California Rising Stars 2012 – those who are either 40 years of age or younger, or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years – are Joshua del Castillo and Matthew Ertman of the firm's Los Angeles office; Alain R'bibo of the firm's Century City office; and Matthew Fogt, Brad Nielsen and Suzanne Skov of the firm's Orange County office.

The firm's attorneys listed among Northern California Rising Stars 2011 are Bryan Hawkins, Cathy Hongola, Mark Seifert and Keith D. Yandell from the firm's San Francisco office.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, founded in 1977, is a California-based law firm with approximately 220 attorneys in seven offices 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 finance, construction, land use, natural resources, environmental, corporate and securities, intellectual property, joint ventures, taxation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, 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.