LexisNexis(R) Martindale-Hubbell(R) Announces 114 Lawyers Receive Peer Review Ratings

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 20, 2006 -- LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell today announced that 114 lawyers located throughout the United States and Canada have received Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings in recognition of their highly regarded legal skills and professional ethics.

Martindale-Hubbell's Peer Review Ratings help in-house counsel and other sophisticated buyers of legal services identify, evaluate and select the most appropriate lawyer for a specific task at hand. Ratings serve as an objective indicator that a lawyer has the highest ethical standards and professional ability and are used by buyers of legal services to justify their hiring decisions.

Martindale-Hubbell is part of the LexisNexis client development solutions line, which provides industry leading networking and marketing resources to help law firms target clients, build their brand, develop new business opportunities, and provide exceptional client service. Through its four solutions lines -- client development, research, practice management and litigation services -- LexisNexis offers Total Practice Solutions to ensure that law firms have the tools and services they need to win in the business and practice of law.

There are three possible Peer Review Ratings:

CV® Peer Review Rating -- The CV is a good first rating for lawyers and a definitive statement of their above-average ability and unquestionable ethics. This is the maximum rating a lawyer can receive who has been admitted to the bar from 3-4 years.

BV® Peer Review Rating -- The BV is an excellent rating for a lawyer with more experience. This is the maximum rating a lawyer can receive who has been admitted to the bar from 5-9 years.

AV® Peer Review Rating -- An AV rating is a significant accomplishment -- a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating.

The following 114 attorneys have recently received Peer Review Ratings:

Baker & Hostetler LLP
     Jeffrey H. Paravano (Cleveland, OH)
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
     Neil Sklaroff (Philadelphia, PA)
     Sally A. Steffen (Philadelphia, PA)
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
     Robert W. Horton (Nashville, TN)
     Abigail Turner (Nashville, TN)
Bingham McCutchen LLP
     Charles L. Solomont (Boston, MA)
Blank Rome LLP
     Howard A. Burde (Philadelphia, PA)
     Stephen E. Luongo (Philadelphia, PA)
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
     Thomas L. Hutchinson (Portland, OR)
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC
     Michael D. Caples (Jackson, MI)
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
     Sarah H. Broughel (Boston, MA)
     Douglas R. Gooding (Boston, MA)
     Christine G. Solt (Boston, MA)
Cozen O'Connor, A Professional Corporation
     James Kennedy (Philadelphia, PA)
     Camille M. Miller (Philadelphia, PA)
     John Francis Mullen (Philadelphia, PA)
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
     Edward A. Smallwood (Pittsburgh, PA)
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
     John V. Harmeyer (Cincinnati, OH)
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
     Nancy Harris Marvel (Philadelphia, PA)
Duane Morris LLP
     Lisa W. Clark (Philadelphia, PA)
     Christopher J. Redd (Philadelphia, PA)
Fowler White Boggs Banker
     Denise L. Wheeler (Tampa, FL)
Fox Rothschild LLP
     Theodore H. Jobes (Philadelphia, PA)
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
     Chia-yi Chua (Toronto, Ontario)
     James A. S. Dunbar (Toronto, Ontario)
Goodwin Procter LLP
     Kenneth Gordon (Boston, MA)
     David R. Zipps (Boston, MA)
Gordon & Rees LLP
     Andrew D. Castricone (San Francisco, CA)
     Joseph W. DiCecco (San Francisco, CA)
Haddad & Sherwin
     Julia Sherwin (Oakland, CA)
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
     David J. Richards (Chicago, IL)
     John E. Sebastian (Chicago, IL)
Hogan & Hartson LLP
     Jeffrey S. George (Washington, DC)
     M. Elizabeth Peters (Washington, DC)
     Beth L. Roberts (Washington, DC)
     Jolanta Sterbenz (Washington, DC)
     Tedd W. Van Buskirk (Washington, DC)
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
     Jennifer Zbytowski Belveal (Detroit, MI)
     Andrew S. Doctoroff (Detroit, MI)
     Kenneth R. Marcus (Detroit, MI)
     Joshua F. Opperer (Detroit, MI)
     William D. Sargent (Detroit, MI)
Jones Day
     Kenneth R. Adamo (Cleveland, OH)
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
     Kenneth B. Pollock (Atlanta, GA)
     Thomas P. Wilson (Atlanta, GA)
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh
     Jaime R. Mendez (St. Louis, MO)
Lionel Sawyer & Collins
     Linda M. Bullen (Las Vegas, NV)
     Gregory R. Gemignani (Las Vegas, NV)
     Suzanne L. Martin (Las Vegas, NV)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
     Peter R. Duchesneau (Los Angeles, CA)
     Tamar Feder (Los Angeles, CA)
     Seth Gold (Los Angeles, CA)
     Steven A. Nissen (Los Angeles, CA)
     Ben D. Orlanski (Los Angeles, CA)
     Jack S. Yeh (Los Angeles, CA)
Margolis Edelstein
     Julianne M. Curry (Philadelphia, PA)
     Emery J. Mishky (Philadelphia, PA)
     Glen H. Ridenour II (Philadelphia, PA)
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin
     Joan P. Depfer (Philadelphia, PA)
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
     Francis R. Bradley, III (Chicago, IL)
     Ronald B. Given (Chicago, IL)
     Diane Green-Kelly (Chicago, IL)
     William S. Moss III (Chicago, IL)
     Jeffrey W. Sarles (Chicago, IL)
     Peter H. White (Chicago, IL)
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
     Darryl A. Cruz (Toronto, Ontario)
     Darryl R. Ferguson (Toronto, Ontario)
     David E. Woollcombe (Toronto, Ontario)
McDonough Holland & Allen PC
     James Clarke (Sacramento, CA)
     T. Brent Hawkins (Sacramento, CA)
     Michelle Marchetta Kenyon (Sacramento, CA)
McGuireWoods LLP
     Maureen C. Ackerly (Richmond, VA)
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
     John L. Barlament (Milwaukee, WI)
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP
     Jeanne L. Bakker (Philadelphia, PA)
          Julie Hofmann Chelius (Philadelphia, PA)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
     Michael S. Burkhardt (Philadelphia, PA)
Nixon Peabody LLP
     Carolyn S. Kaplan (Boston, MA)
     Ruth H. Silman (Boston, MA)
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
     James E. Dawson (Boston, MA)
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
     Andrew J. MacDougall (Toronto, Ontario)
Patton Boggs LLP
     Robert S. Brams (Washington, DC)
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
     Kenneth J. Friedman (New York, NY)
Pepper Hamilton LLP
     Sean P. Fahey (Philadelphia, PA)
     Thomas M. Gallagher (Philadelphia, PA)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
     Sheila McC. Harvey (Washington, DC)
     Jennifer P. McClennan (Washington, DC)
Post & Schell, P.C.
     Kathleen D. Foley (Philadelphia, PA)
Roetzel & Andress, A Legal Professional Association
     Mark P. McGrievy (Akron, OH)
     George W. Moxon, II (Akron, OH)
     Richard S. Mulligan (Akron, OH)
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
     Dionna K. Litvin (Philadelphia, PA)
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
     J. Greg Goodykoontz (Clarksburg, WV)
     Sara E. Hauptfuehrer (Clarksburg, WV)
     Kelly J. Little (Clarksburg, WV)
Stikeman Elliott LLP
     Nathalie Mercure (Toronto, Ontario)
     C. Mario Paura (Toronto, Ontario)
Stoel Rives LLP
     Michael Roame Campbell (Portland, OR)
     Jeremy D. Sacks (Portland, OR)
     John R. Thomas (Portland, OR)
Thompson Hine LLP
     Nancy M. Barnes (Cleveland, OH)
     Laura Bancroft Nemer (Cleveland, OH)
     Patrick J. Saccogna (Cleveland, OH)
White and Williams LLP
     Edward M. Koch (Philadelphia, PA)
     John J. Muldowney (Philadelphia, PA)
     Elizabeth A. Venditta (Philadelphia, PA)
     James S. Yoder (Philadelphia, PA)
     David R. Zaslow (Philadelphia, PA)
Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP
     Mary E. Borja (Washington, DC)
     Timothy C. Brightbill (Washington, DC)
     Kevin J. Maynard (Washington, DC)
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
     Jonathan J. Frankel (Washington, DC)
     Jody Manier Kris (Washington, DC)
     Lori A. Martin (Washington, DC)
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
     Adam B. Rosen (New York, NY)

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LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell (www.martindale.com) provides client development solutions for the legal profession, partnering with its law firm customers to meet their practice development goals. An integral part of Martindale-Hubbell's service to the legal community is its Peer Review Rating system, which evaluates lawyers and law firms in the U.S. and Canada based on peer review. Peer Review Ratings attest to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary. The Martindale-Hubbell database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms, accessible at www.martindale.com and www.lawyers.com, is the number-one lawyer directory on the Internet (as measured by Nielsen//NetRatings). The company provides lawyers, business executives and consumers with detailed information to help them identify, evaluate and select legal counsel.

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