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Legal information site experiences record traffic in Q1 2009

New York, NY - June 15, 2009 - Individuals and small business owners seeking to hire legal counsel use resources from Lawyers.com^SM more than any other legal website, according to analysis of new comScore Media Metrix data*. Lawyers.com from LexisNexis® achieved record-setting site visitation during the first three months of 2009, representing a 20 percent increase over the same period last year.

The comScore Media Metrix data compared traffic patterns at competing, consumer-oriented attorney websites in the first quarter of 2009. In particular, the analysis revealed more combined unique visitors to Lawyers.com than competing sites when seeking a lawyer.

According to the data, Lawyers.com users:

• Viewed a total of more than five million pages on average each month - 61 percent more than the next most popular online resource for finding attorneys.
• Viewed on average five pages per visit compared to only three pages viewed per visit at the next most popular online resource for finding attorneys.
• Spent a total of more than four million monthly minutes on the site on average compared to only two million monthly minutes on average on the next most popular online resource for finding attorneys.
• Visited the site on average about 22 percent more often than the next most popular online resource for finding attorneys.

"The results of the comScore reports show that when consumers go online to look for legal assistance, they increasingly turn to Lawyers.com," said Nicholas Karrat, senior director, Traffic & Alliances at Martindale-Hubbell®. "We have improved our brand awareness by expanding into television advertising and that has been enormously successful in increasing both direct site visitation to Lawyers.com as well as the number of consumers and small business professionals looking for us on major search engines. The number of leads and opportunities generated for lawyers listed on Lawyers.com has more than doubled in the last 12 months supported by this strong traffic growth."

Launched in 1998, Lawyers.com is a free service from LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®, designed specifically for individuals and small business professionals, that provides access to a database of more than one million attorneys nationwide. Lawyers.com also offers a wealth of resources to help consumers understand legal issues they may be facing. Almost two million searches for lawyers are conducted on Lawyers.com each month. The site includes interactive discussion forums covering hundreds of legal topics, consumer friendly explanations of major areas of law, articles on current legal topics, links to legal resources on the Web, a glossary of 10,000 legal terms, video content, tips for selecting and working with an attorney, and more.

* comScore Media Metrix data (custom aggregation) based on 1Q09 average monthly unique visitors comparing Lawyers.com to FindLaw® consumer traffic (public.findlaw.com, lawyers.findlaw.com and pview.findlaw.com combined, unduplicated visitation).

About Lawyers.com^SM Lawyers.com (www.Lawyers.com), from LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®, is the leading legal destination on the Web, providing consumers and small business professionals the information they need to learn about specific legal issues, find the right lawyer, and access free legal documents. Lawyers.com provides a free database of more than 1 million attorneys and law firms nationwide and helps site visitors make a fast, informed decision when researching legal matters and choosing a lawyer. In 2008, more than 18 million searches were conducted on Lawyers.com by consumers and business people in search of legal information and the right legal representation for their needs.

About LexisNexis LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 18,000 employees worldwide.

About comScore Media Metrix comScore Media Metrix is the industry standard for Internet audience measurement data, including details of visitation, demographics and online buying power for Web site audiences across U.S. and global markets. comScore Media Metrix is the preferred source of Internet audience measurement for advertising agencies, publishers, marketers and financial analysts. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo.

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