New Providence, N.J. - November 20, 2006 – LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell today announced that 64 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.

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 64 attorneys have recently received Peer Review Ratings:

Baker & Daniels LLP
Michael S. Burns (Fort Wayne, IN)
Andrew J. Welborn (Fort Wayne, IN)

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Mark R. Mazanec (Cleveland, OH)
Patricia A. Poole (Cleveland, OH)
Stephen C. Sutton (Cleveland, OH)

Barnes & Thornburg LLP
T. Joseph Wendt (Indianapolis, IN)
Terri L. Bruksch (Indianapolis, IN)

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Russell S. Baldwin (Nashville, TN)
Laura Rakow Brothers (Nashville, TN)
Derek S. Hughey (Nashville, TN)
Elizabeth Salisbury Warren (Nashville, TN)

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Bliss A. White (Toronto, ON)

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
John E. McGrady (Pittsburgh, PA)
Lisa M. Passarello (Pittsburgh, PA)

Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
Susan L. Ford (Portland, OR)
Karen M. Vickers (Portland, OR)

Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC
Paul N. Davis (Jackson, MS)

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Kimberly Moses (Cleveland, OH)

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Giovanni P. Prezioso (New York, NY)

Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation
John M. Thompson (Oklahoma City, OK)

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Joel S. Forman (New York, NY)

Jones Day
J. Joseph Korpics (Cleveland, OH)

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
James A. Pellow III (Pittsburgh, PA)

Hogan & Hartson LLP
Molly F. James (Washington, DC)

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Mark A. Stern (Detroit, MI)

Hunton & Williams LLP
E. Marie Tucker Diveley (Richmond, VA)

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, LLP
Mark D. Feczko (Pittsburgh, PA)
Ann Morris Baker (Pittsburgh, PA)

Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Doreen Spears Hartwell (Las Vegas, NV)

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Vincent J. Palmiotto (Baltimore, MD)

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Andrew L. Satenberg (Los Angeles, CA)
Rebecca L. Torrey (Los Angeles, CA)

Margolis Edelstein
Gerald A. Connor (Philadelphia, PA)
Jaime F. Rosenman (Philadelphia, PA)
Carol S. Strobel (Westmont, NJ)
Jeffrey R. Swanson (Berkeley Heights, NJ)

McGuireWoods LLP
Jeffrey S. Shapiro (Richmond, VA)

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Richard M. Mescher (Columbus, OH)
Robert J. Schmidt (Columbus, OH)

Post & Schell, P.C.
John W. Dornberger (Philadelphia, PA)
Michael W. Hassell (Philadelphia, PA)

Reed Smith LLP
Tarek F. Abdalla (Pittsburgh, PA)
Mäny Emamzadeh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Dianna Calaboyias Wyrick (Pittsburgh, PA)

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Mechelle Zarou (Toledo, OH)

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
Steven A. Friedman (Cleveland, OH)
Cynthia C. Mog (Cleveland, OH)

Stoel Rives LLP
Jason M. Brauser (Portland, OR)

Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP
Elizabeth Ann Eastwood (Washington, DC)
Kenneth E. Ryan (Washington, DC)
Margaret A. Ryan (Washington, DC)
John R. Shane (Washington, DC)

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P.
Keith L. Arnold (Baltimore, MD)

Williams Mullen
King F. Tower (Richmond, VA)

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Franklin F. Bass (New York, NY)
Edward A. Taylor (New York, NY)

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Jorge L. Contreras, Jr. (Boston, MA)
Helen G. Foster (Washington, DC)
Jay Holtmeier (New York, NY)
Yoon-Young Lee (Washington, DC)
Ronald C. Machen (Washington, DC)
Kenneth R. Meade (Washington, DC)
Lisa J. Pirozzolo (Boston, MA)
Jonathan Wolfman (Boston, MA)

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