Thirty-Four Allen Matkins Partners Named to 2017 Best Lawyers in America®; Michael Ryan Named "Lawyer of the Year"; Firm Receives Tier 1 Rankings

The Best Lawyers in America® has released its 2017 rankings and Allen Matkins once again received high marks. This year's list includes 34 Allen Matkins partners, including Michael D. Ryan being named Best Lawyers' Los Angeles Litigation-Labor & Employment "Lawyer of Year."

In addition to the individual acknowledgements, Allen Matkins received National Tier 1 Rankings in the *2017 edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers' “Best Law Firms" for Environmental Law, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Litigation-Tax and Real Estate Law. For the Metropolitan Tier 1 Rankings, the firm was selected in Los Angeles for Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Tax, Real Estate Law and Tax Law; in Orange County for Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Real Estate Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law; in San Diego for Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Labor & Employment and Litigation-Real Estate; and in San Francisco for Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental and Real Estate Law.

Partners selected from the Century City office include Anton N. Natsis, Michael D. Ryan and John M. Tipton; from the Los Angeles office, Frederick L. Allen, John J. Allen, Robert J. "Mike" Cathcart, Thomas W. Henning, Michael L. Matkins, Pauline M. Stevens and Fernando Villa; from the Orange County office, Pamela L. Andes, Dwight L. Armstrong, Keith P. Bishop, Vincent M. Coscino, Kenneth W. Curtis, Drew M. Emmel, Gary S. McKitterick, Richard E. Stinehart and Stephen R. Thames; from the San Diego office, Jeffrey A. Chine, Valentine S. Hoy, David L. Osias, Jeffrey R. Patterson, Michael C. Pruter, Debra A. Riley and Amy Wintersheimer Findley; and from the San Francisco office, David C. Cooke, Barry H. Epstein, Bruce W. Hyman, Baldwin J. Lee, Nancy Lundeen, Richard C. Mallory, James L. Meeder and Sandi L. Nichols.

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.

"Lawyer of the Year" recognitions are also awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific Practice Area and geographic location. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location.