LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Announces 61 Lawyers Receive Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings^SM

Nation's Most Respected Lawyer Rating System Facilitates Evaluation of Legal Abilities and Professional Ethics of Attorneys

New York - May 10, 2007 - LexisNexis today announced that 61 lawyers located throughout the United States and Canada have received Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings^SM in the last month, in recognition of their highly regarded legal skills and professional ethics.

The Martindale-Hubbell 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. Lawyer 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 Solution line, which provides industry leading networking and law firm marketing resources to help firms target clients, build their brand, develop new business opportunities, and provide exceptional client service. Through its four solutions lines - Client Development, Practice Management, Litigation Services, and Research - 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 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings certification ratings awarded:
CV® Peer Review Rating - The CV rating 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 rating 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 61 attorneys have recently received Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings:

Baird Holm LLP
David C. Levy (Omaha, NE)
Gretchen L. Twohig (Omaha, NE)

Bennett Jones LLP
Eric R. Hoaken (Toronto, Ontario)

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Ian J. Binnie (Toronto, Ontario)

Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Robert A. LaBerge (Syracuse, NY)

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Matthew L. O. Certosimo (Toronto, Ontario)

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Richard C. Rice (Houston, TX)

Christian-Kravitz L.L.C.
Gary E. Schnitzer (Henderson, NV)

Cipriani and Werner, P.C.
William R. Corkery (Pittsburgh, PA)
Rosemary Marchesani (Pittsburgh, PA)

Clausen Miller PC
Robert E. Wilens (Chicago, IL)

Crain, Caton & James, A Professional Corporation
Kimberly R. Stuart (Houston, TX)

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Anita Banicevic (Toronto, Ontario)
Mark C. Katz (Toronto, Ontario)
Matthew Milne-Smith (Toronto, Ontario)

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Linda A. Ash (Cincinnati, OH)

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
M. Craig G. Brown (Toronto, Ontario)
Neil M. Smiley (Toronto, Ontario)

Heenan Blaikie LLP
Élisabeth Laroche (Montreal, Quebec)

Jenner & Block LLP
Joseph Diamante (Chicago, IL)
Paul M. Smith (Chicago, IL)

Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP
William A. Stock (Philadelphia, PA)

Lang Michener LLP
J. Michael Mulroy (Toronto, Ontario)

Low McKinley Baleria, LLP
Paul R. Baleria (Sacramento, CA)

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
William D. Black (Toronto, Ontario)
John W. Boscariol (Toronto, Ontario)
Kirby Chown (Toronto, Ontario)
Joel M. Scoler (Toronto, Ontario)

McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP
Jamie M. Wilks (Toronto, Ontario)

Miller & Martin PLLC
Bradford G. Harvey (Chattanooga, TN)

Miller Nash LLP
Victoria L. Macpherson (Portland, OR)

Morris & Smith, Attorneys at Law
John S. Morris (Arcadia, CA)

Nixon Peabody LLP
Jessica A. Graf (Boston, MA)
Jonathan R. Karis (Boston, MA)

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jana S. Baker (Dallas, TX)

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Richard S. Pratt (Toronto, Ontario)

Parker McCay P.A.
Lora M. Foley (Marlton, NJ)
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Joy M. Hord (Charlotte, NC)

Patton Boggs LLP
David J. Farber (Washington, DC)

Pierce Atwood LLP
Eben Adams (Portland, ME)
Charles M. Graceffa (Portland, ME)
Brian M. Rayback (Portland, ME)

Porter Scott, A Professional Corporation
Carl L. Fessenden (Sacramento, CA)

Poyner & Spruill LLP
Eric P. Stevens (Raleigh, NC)

Samuelson, Hause & Samuelson, L.L.P.
Wendy B. Samuelson (Garden City, NY)

Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, A Professional Corporation
Joseph F. Giordano (Baltimore, MD)

Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC
Collin B. Altieri (Kansas City, MO)
Monica Fanning (Kansas City, MO)
Chad Hansen (Kansas City, MO)

Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C.
Jace T. Bisgard (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Stikeman Elliott LLP
Elizabeth Pillon (Toronto, Ontario)

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Etta Brandman (New York, NY)
Christopher J. Doyle (New York, NY)
Kristopher M. Hansen (New York, NY)

White and Williams LLP
Karon L. Martin (Philadelphia, PA)

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P.
Anne Talbot Brennan (Baltimore, MD)

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
Andrew J. Schlidt III (Milwaukee, WI)

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP
Alison C. Conlon (Chicago, IL)

Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, A Professional Corporation
Maureen S. Binetti (Woodbridge, NJ)
Steven P. Marshall (Woodbridge, NJ)

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
David Z. Seide (Washington, DC)

Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP
Jerome J. Shestack (Philadelphia, PA)