Marshall Wallace and Stephen Walters of Allen Matkins Honored as Top Plaintiffs' Attorneys in California

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, a leading California-based litigation, real estate and business law firm, is pleased to announce that Marshall Wallace and Stephen Walters, partners in the firm's San Francisco office, are two of the preeminent plaintiff attorneys in California according to Benchmark: Plaintiffs, the only publication dedicated to the comprehensive analysis of the U.S. plaintiffs bar.

Marshall Wallace's practice focuses on high-stakes, complex business disputes. For a quarter century he has compiled a track record of victories in challenging contract, fraud, insurance, corporate, real estate, trade secret, and unfair competition cases. Marshall represents plaintiffs and defendants. Nearly all of Marshall's cases involve claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, violation of California Business and Professions Code section 17200, punitive damages, or bad faith. His work has focused on the title insurance, financial services, real estate and construction materials industries. Marshall is the editor of CEB California Trial Objections and the author of CEB Summary Judgment Manual.

Stephen Walters specializes in complex business and commercial litigation. He has tried more than 100 jury and nonjury cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants and has represented clients in major arbitrations and before trial and appellate courts throughout the country. Stephen has handled almost every type of complex civil case for companies and individuals in a broad range of industries, and recently brought lawsuits on behalf of an SEC-appointed receiver of a Ponzi-like enterprise against alleged aiders and abettors of the securities fraud that settled for more than $60 million.

The Allen Matkins litigation practice group, comprising over 100 attorneys statewide, is recognized nationally for its expertise in handling all aspects of business, real estate, construction, bankruptcy, environmental, consumer safety, and employment litigation. Allen Matkins enjoys an outstanding reputation for aggressive representation of clients and successful trial results in state and federal court jury and bench trials and arbitrations.

Benchmark is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the U.S. The guide’s results are the culmination of a six-month research period that allows their researchers to conduct extensive interviews with litigators and their clients. During these interviews they examine recent casework handled by the firms and ask sources to offer their professional opinions on litigators practicing within their state or national practice areas.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, 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 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. 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.