Laxmi Wordham of LexisNexis® Named Winner of 2009 Highest Leaf Award from Women's Venture Fund

New York, NY - June 10, 2009 - LexisNexis®, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced that Laxmi Wordham, vice president at LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, will be honored with the 2009 Highest Leaf Award from the Women's Venture Fund.

The award recognizes trailblazing women business executives who have shown outstanding leadership and commitment to their respective industries and to other women. The winners were evaluated on their willingness to take risks, creative use of resources to achieve their goals, their entrepreneurial spirit in managing uncertainty, their commitment to mentoring others, the measurability of outcomes and their impact and value to the organization.

The awards were presented to Wordham and to four other professional women - from Verizon, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Citadel Investment Group and Major League Baseball - at a breakfast on June 10th, 2009, at the 3 West Club in New York City.

Wordham was selected for her leadership of a team working to reinvent Martindale-Hubbell, transforming it from a traditional directory to a dynamic, vibrant online community where legal professionals can connect, communicate and collaborate.

"We're proud of Laxmi for her achievements and for her crucial role in the development of our new Martindale-Hubbell Connected® online community, the most powerful legal professional networking service in the market today" said Mike Walsh, chief executive officer of LexisNexis U.S. Legal Markets. "Laxmi's strong leadership and entrepreneurial spirit have been critical in managing the efforts of our Martindale-Hubbell Connected product team and in synthesizing input from thousands of lawyers and beta users to shape and enhance the community's design, functions and value to users."

"Laxmi is a wonderful role model for how women can creatively lead an organization into the digital age," said Maria Otero, founder and president of Women's Venture Fund. "Her story exemplifies how through creativity, resourcefulness and tapping the insights of her team, she was able to successfully launch a new product."