NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/04/06 -- LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading provider of client development solutions for the legal profession, today announced that 88 lawyers located throughout the U.S. 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.

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 88 attorneys have recently received Peer Review Ratings:

Arnstein & Lehr LLP                    Shannon Bizzell Gray
  Robin J. King (Fort                   (Tampa, FL)
   Lauderdale, FL)                     Kimberly J. Gustafson (St.
  Douglas Kniskern (Fort                Petersburg, FL)
   Lauderdale, FL)                     Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC
Baker Botts L.L.P.                       Terry A. Clark (Winston-
  Paul R. Elliott (Houston, TX)           Salem, NC)
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell     Cooley Godward LLP
 & Berkowitz, PC                         Keith A. Flaum (Palo Alto, CA)
  Ashby Q. Burks (Nashville, TN)       Cozen O'Connor, A Professional
  Mary Ann Jackson (Memphis, TN)        Corporation
  Thomas J. Mahoney, Jr. (Birmingham,    Kenan G. Loomis (Atlanta, GA)
   AL)                                   Alycen A. Moss (Atlanta, GA)
  Gary E. McClanahan (Atlanta, GA)     Day, Berry & Howard LLP
  Philip Stuart McSween (Nashville,      M. Alexander Bowie (New York, NY)
   TN)                                   James G. Szymanski (Hartford, CN)
  Michael C. Patton (Memphis, TN)      DLA Piper US LLP
  John F. Rogers, Jr. (Nashville,        Michael K. Barron (Boston, MA)
   TN)                                 Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC                   Stephen D. Bell (Denver, CO)
  Ashley S. Old (Memphis, TN)            Donald W. Edwards (Anchorage, AK)
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC             Duane Morris LLP
  Norman J. Ronneberg, Jr. (San          Thomas G. Dent (Chicago, IL)
   Francisco, CA)                      Foley & Lardner LLP
Carlton Fields, P.A.                     Christopher M. Kise (Tallahassee,
  James W. Flanagan (West Palm Beach,     FL)
   FL)                                 Leonard, Street and Deinard,
Frost Brown Todd LLC                    Professional Association
  Edward A. Receski (Lexington, KY)      Keith S. Moheban (Minneapolis, MN)
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.            Littler Mendelson, A Professional
  Linton E. Barbee (Dallas, TX)         Corporation
  Gary B. Clark (Dallas, TX)             Bruce R. Millman (New York, NY)
  William B. Wagner (Austin, TX)         Bertrand B. Pogrebin (New York,
  Darrell R. Windham (Austin, TX)         NY)
Gordon & Rees LLP                      Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  Mark H. Davis (San Francisco, CA)      Donald R. Brown (Costa Mesa, CA)
  Manuel Saldaña (Los Angeles, CA)     Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman
  Holly S. Stoberski (Las Vegas, NV)    & Goggin
GrayRobinson, P.A.                       John R. Geraghty (Roseland, NJ)
  Kenneth B. Jacobs (Jacksonville,     McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
   FL)                                   Philip A. Cooper (Atlanta, GA)
  Thomas L. Kautz (Fort Lauderdale,    Morrison & Foerster LLP
   FL)                                   Gregory M. Giammittorio (McLean,
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.                   VA)
  Ronald G. Rossi (Denver, CO)           George C. Harris (San Francisco,
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.             CA)
  Sarah Montgomery (Columbia, SC)        Stafford Matthews (San Francisco,
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP                  CA)
  Richard H. Herold (Phoenix, AZ)        Patrick R. McCabe (San Francisco,
Irell & Manella LLP                       CA)
  Laura A. Seigle (Los Angeles, CA)    Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &
Jackson Kelly PLLC                      Stewart, P.C.
  Heather H. Gentile (Charleston, WV)    James K. (Jim) Mackie (Tucson, AZ)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP               Tibor Nagy, Jr. (Tucson, AZ)
  Daniel A. Platt (Los Angeles, CA)    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP                 Monique D. Almy (Washington, DC)
  W. Michael Ryan (Chicago, IL)          Roger Frankel (Washington, DC)
LaBovick, LaBovick & Wald, P.A.        Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
  Marvin Pincus (Jupiter, FL)           LLP
Lane Powell PC                           John S. Gibson (Los Angeles, CA)
  Steve D. Jensen (Seattle, WA)        Phelps Dunbar LLP
Plunkett & Cooney, P.C.                  John D. Mullen (Tampa, FL)
  Mark S. Kopson (Bloomfield Hills,    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
   MI)                                   Brant K. Maller (New York, NY)
  James C. Thomas (Detroit, MI)        Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP               LLP
  Douglas B. Greenswag (Seattle,         David Huebner (Los Angeles, CA)
   WA)                                 Shutts & Bowen LLP
Thompson & Knight LLP                    Eric S. Adams (Miami, FL)
  Gregory M. Luck (Houston, TX)        Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
  Thomas W. Sankey (Houston, TX)         Don Bivens (Phoenix, AZ)
Ungaretti & Harris                       Leon F. Mead, II (Las Vegas, NV)
  J. Timothy Ramsey (Chicago, IL)      Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
  Stephen D. Rose (Seattle, WA)          Madelaine R. Berg (New York, NY)
Reed Smith LLP                           Brian Diamond (New York, NY)
  Mark Fogelman (San Francisco, CA)      Peter G. Koffler (New York, NY)
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.         Shannon Lowry Nagle (New York, NY)
  Rebecca Leair (Waukesha, WI)           Mark A. Rosenbaum (New York, NY)
Rose Law Firm, A Professional            Karen Scanna (New York, NY)
 Corporation                             Robert D. Schmicker (New York, NY)
  David P. Martin (Little Rock, AR)      Michael S. Shenberg (New York, NY)
Salans                                 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  Henry J. Fieldman (New York, NY)       Charles T. Locke, (P.C.) (New
  John J. Hay, Jr. (New York, NY)         York, NY)
                                         Douglas E. Stewart (Houston, TX)

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