63 Allen Matkins Attorneys Named Among Super Lawyers 2010 and Rising Stars 2010

SAN DIEGO - July 19, 2010 - Super Lawyers has released its list of outstanding attorneys for 2010 and 63 Allen Matkins attorneys have been named among the best in California.

Attorneys David Cooke and Richard Mallory of the firm's San Francisco office have been named among the Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyers and Jason Weiss of the firm's Orange County office has been named among the Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyers.

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 2010 include Fred 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, Robert Lurie, Anton Natsis, Cheryl Prell and John Tipton of the firm's Century City office; and Michael Alvarado, Pamela Andes, Dwight Armstrong, Keith Bishop, John Condas, William Devine, Drew Emmel, Gary McKitterick, Jason Weiss and David Wensley of the firm's Orange County office.

Allen Matkins attorneys named among Northern California Super Lawyers 2010 are attorneys Raymond Buddie, David Cooke, John Gamble, Lee Gotshall-Maxon, Baldwin Lee, Nancy Lundeen, Richard Mallory, Sandi Nichols, Stephen Walters, Nicholas Waranoff and Robert Wyatt 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 2010 include George Berger, Jeffrey Chine, Randy Broberg, Ray Gliner, Valentine Hoy, Clark Libenson, David Osias, Jeffrey Patterson and Amy Wintersheimer Findley.

The firm's attorneys listed among Southern California Rising Stars 2010 - those who are either 40 years of age or younger, or who have been practicing 10 or fewer years - include Matthew Ertman of the firm's Los Angeles office; Lisa Baca and Scott Leipzig of the firm's Century City office; and Matthew Fogt, Candace Harrison, Brad Nielsen, Suzanne Skov and Maria Stearns of the firm's Orange County office.

The firm's attorneys listed among Northern California Rising Stars 2010 include Rick Grady, Cathy Hongola, Mark Seifert and Nicholas Subias from the firm's San Francisco office; and Thomas Tunny from 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.

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