Three San Diego Shareholder Rights Attorneys Named Super Lawyers

Robbins Umeda LLP* is proud to announce three of the law firm's attorneys have been named 2012 San Diego Super Lawyers.  Brian J. Robbins, Marc M. Umeda and George C. Aguilar have been recognized for attaining a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The recognition marks the sixth and fourth year the co-founders, Brian Robbins and Marc Umeda, have been named to the list, respectively, and this is the first year that partner George Aguilar was honored.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service that aims to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel, according to their website.  Attorneys are selected as Super Lawyers through a multi-step process, which includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.  Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement and selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.  "We are excited to showcase attorneys who exemplify excellence in the practice of law," the publisher of Super Lawyers wrote.

Robbins Umeda LLP attorneys represent individual and institutional investors in shareholder derivative actions, securities fraud class actions, and securities class actions arising out of mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and going private transactions.  The firm's practice also includes antitrust actions, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) actions, whistleblower claims under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the False Claims Act, consumer class actions, as well as employment-related class and collective actions.  Please contact us for more information about our firm.

* The firm name changed from Robbins Umeda LLP to Robbins LLP on January 1, 2013.