LexisNexis^® Announces 88 Lawyers Receive Martindale-Hubbell^® Peer Review Ratings^SM

Respected Lawyer Rating System Facilitates Evaluation of Legal Abilities and Professional Ethics of Attorneys

New York, NY - March 19, 2008 - LexisNexis today announced that 88 lawyers located throughout the United States and Canada have received Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM 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 solution lines - Client Development, Practice Management, Litigation Services, and Research - LexisNexis offers Total Practice Solutions to ensure that law firms have the content, tools and services they need to win in the business and practice of law.

The ratings process relies on peer attorneys to assess a lawyer’s ethics and legal ability. 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 88 attorneys have recently received Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings:

Adorno & Yoss
Mercedes Sellek (Miami, FL)
Emily M. Usow (Miami, FL)

Akerman Senterfitt
George P. Graham (Orlando, FL)

Bailey & Wyant, P.L.L.C.
Vaughn T. Sizemore (Charleston, WV)

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Joyce Ackerbaum Cox (Orlando, FL)
Patricia A. Poole (Cleveland, OH)

Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride, P.A.
Charles A. Carlson (Tampa, FL)

Bart, Meyer & Company LLP
Thomas B. Sayers (Savannah, GA)

Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
Chris Blackerby (Austin, TX)

Burr & Forman LLP
William "Chip" Collins, Jr. (Atlanta, GA)

Butzel Long A Professional Corporation
Daniel N. Sharkey (Detroit, MI)

Carlton Fields, P.A.
Mac R. McCoy (Tampa, FL)
Angela T. Puentes-Leon (Miami, FL)

Chester Willcox & Saxbe, LLP
Kenneth A. Fisher, Jr. (Columbus, OH)
Jennifer A. Otis (Columbus, OH)

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
James F. Fulton, Jr. (Palo Alto, CA)
Philip C. Tencer (San Diego, CA)
Kent M. Walker (San Diego, CA)

Cozen O'Connor, A Professional Corporation
Sherril M. Colombo (Miami, FL)

Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation
Christopher B. Woods (Tulsa, OK)

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Thomas J. Cervantez (San Francisco, CA)

DLA Piper
Christopher M. Young (San Diego, CA)

Durham Jones & Pinegar, P.C.
N. Todd Leishman (Salt Lake City, UT)

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
James G. Seaman (Pittsburgh, PN)
L. Edward Walter (Pittsburgh, PN)

Fenwick & West LLP
Jennifer L. Fuller (Mountain View, CA)

Fulcher Hagler LLP
Mary Bryan Robbins (Augusta, GA)

Geddy, Harris, Franck & Hickman, LLP
Susanna B. Hickman (Williamsburg, VA)
Richard H. Rizk (Williamsburg, VA)

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP
J. Barrett Lucy (Roanoke, VA)
James J. O'Keeffe, Jr. (Roanoke, VA)
Kathleen L. Wright (Roanoke, VA)

Gordon & Rees LLP
Thorsten John Pray (San Francisco, CA)

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
Luke J. Kealy (Woodbridge, NJ)
Christine F. Li (Woodbridge, NJ)

Heller Ehrman LLP
Megan Dixon (San Francisco, CA)
Robert A. Trodella, Jr. (San Francisco, CA)

Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
Kenneth R. Whiting, Jr. (San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO)

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Jonathan R. Borenstein (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

Howard & Whatley, P.C.
E. Blake Durham (Savannah, GA)

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, A Professional Corporation
Carole F. Barrett (San Francisco, CA)

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Lisa A. Cahill (New York, NY)

Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP
Lisa A. Brunner (Kansas City, MO)
Amber F. Van Hauen (Kansas City, MO)

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
John K. Edwards (Houston, TX)

Jones Day
Sidney R. Brown (Atlanta, GA)

Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P.
Deborah J. Juneau (Baton Rouge, LA)

Keker & Van Nest LLP
Daralyn Jeannine Durie (San Francisco, CA)
Michael H. Page (San Francisco, CA)
Ragesh K. Tangri (San Francisco, CA)
Wendy J. Thurm (San Francisco, CA)

Kluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin, P.L.
D. Brett Marks (Miami, FL)
Terri Meyers (Miami, FL)

Kravitz, Schnitzer, Sloane, Johnson & Eberhardy, Chartered, A Professional Corporation
Gina M. Mushmeche-Buras (Las Vegas, NV)

Lang Michener LLP
James M. Bond (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Latham & Watkins LLP
Peter K. Huston (San Francisco, CA)

Lawson Lundell LLP
Kenneth E. Burns (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP
John D. Edson (San Diego, CA)

Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin
Pamela Lynde Bower (Jacksonville, FL)
Kimberly A. Harrison (Wilmington, DE)
Donna M. Modestine (King Of Prussia, PN)
Jack S. Senechal (Cherry Hill, NJ)

Mayer Brown LLP
Jason H. P. Kravitt (Chicago, IL; New York, NY)

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
W. Scott Biel (San Diego, CA)
Jeremy A. Spector (New York, NY)

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Carla B. Oakley (San Francisco, CA)

Nixon Peabody LLP
Marjorie S. Fochtman (San Francisco, CA)

Parker McCay P.A.
Elizabeth M. Garcia (Marlton, NJ)
James F. Schwerin (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Damon G. Tyner (Atlantic City, NJ)

Parr Waddoups Brown Gee & Loveless, A Professional Corporation
Joseph M. R. Covey (Salt Lake City, UT)

Quarles & Brady LLP
Mark H. Muller (Naples, FL)

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
James P. Koelzer (Los Angeles, CA)
David Martinez (Los Angeles, CA)

Rose Law Firm, A Professional Association
Robyn P. Allmendinger (Little Rock, AK)

Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff Incorporated
Andrew M. Apfelberg (Los Angeles, CA)

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
Robert S. Gebhard (San Francisco, CA)
Michael C. Scanlon, Jr. (San Francisco, CA)

Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, A Professional Corporation
Teresa M. Kelly (Baltimore, MD)

Sessions Lambert Selwyn, LLP
Jennifer Lindsey (Dallas, TX)

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Douglas Gerard Van Gessel (San Francisco, CA)

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Stacey A. Koch (Miami, FL)

Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC
Travis L. Salmon (Kansas City, MO)

Stoel Rives LLP
Ramona L. Monroe (Seattle, WA)

Willingham & Coté, P.C.
Torree J. Breen (East Lansing, MI)

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
David S. Sheiffer (New York, NY)

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
Matthew William Sonsini (Palo Alto, CA)

Wolcott Rivers Gates
M. Powell Peters (Virginia Beach, VA)

Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, L.L.P.
Tricia A. Shackelford (Lexington, KY)

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