Experts & Services Directory Launched

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Launches New Experts & Services Directory for Legal Professionals at Martindale.com

New Providence, NJ - December 8, 2004 - LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading client development company for the legal profession, has introduced the largest and most comprehensive Internet directory of law firm service providers at www.martindale.com/resources.

The new site is the online version of Martindale-Hubbell's Directory of Experts & Services, a print directory that reaches more paralegals, litigators and corporate counsel than any other legal services guide. The directory is circulated to an audience of 500,000 legal professionals and is accessible on martindale.com, in print, via the Lexis® Nexis® service and in CD-ROM format.

The newly launched Internet database can be searched for free by legal professionals worldwide. It contains more than 50,000 listings of individuals and companies that provide valuable services to law firms, conveniently grouped into six major categories: Attorney & Litigation Support; Court Reporting & Deposition Services; Experts & Consultants; Investigators & Process Servers; Medical Experts & Consultants; and Practice Management & Services.

Media Contacts: Daryn Teague for Teague Communications (661) 297-5292 dteague@teaguecommunications.com

"Our goal at Martindale-Hubbell is to help law firms grow their businesses in a variety of ways, so we developed the new Experts & Services Directory at martindale.com to provide them with another tool for better managing their practices," said Paul Gazzolo, chief operating officer of New Providence, N.J.-based LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. "The Experts & Services Directory is a central resource on the Web through which lawyers and their staff members can quickly locate providers of important legal services. The new site offers powerful searching capabilities, including options for users to drill down by geographic location and with precision from broad categories - such as Medical Experts & Consultants - to specific areas of expertise - such as Forensic Psychiatry Experts - in order to meet their unique needs."

According to Gazzolo, the new site has the most comprehensive database of its kind available on the Internet and is the premier online directory of experts and services for the legal profession.

"With the launch of this newly expanded directory on the Web, we've made it easier for law firms to obtain valuable legal services and have also created the most visible platform from which service providers can showcase what they have to offer law firms," said Gazzolo.

To search the Experts & Services directory, go to www.martindale.com/resources. Information about how to be listed in the directory is available on the same Web site, or by calling (800) 526-4902, ext. 8010.

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About LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is the leading client development company for the legal profession and is the number-one resource for information about lawyers and law firms worldwide, consulted daily by lawyers, business executives and consumers. With 4 million searches per month, this unrivaled network connects lawyers and law firms with their clients and potential clients, facilitates communication between members of the legal profession, and makes available a wide range of biographical information and professional credentials regarding attorneys in private, corporate and government practice. It is powered by a database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms around the world.

Martindale-Hubbell is also the leading provider of Web sites for lawyers and has recently announced a number of new products and services to facilitate client development initiatives for lawyers and law firms. These client development vehicles include opportunities to publish articles on the Web and in respected industry newsletters, invitations to speak at highly regarded professional conferences, and new products designed to market law firm practice area and industry groups. LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is part of the LexisNexis Group, a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc. For more information, visit www.martindale.com.

About LexisNexis
LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based research service, LexisNexis, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.