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LexisNexis® Announces 88 Lawyers Receive Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM
Respected Lawyer Rating System Facilitates Evaluation of Legal Abilities and Professional Ethics of Attorneys

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NEW YORK, NY, March 19, 2008 - LexisNexis today announced that 88 lawyers located throughout the United States and Canada have received Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM in the last month, in recognition of their highly regarded legal skills and professional ethics.

The Martindale-Hubbell 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.  Lawyer 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.


Martindale-Hubbell® is part of the LexisNexis® Client Development solution line, which provides industry leading networking and law firm marketing resources to help firms target clients, build their brand, develop new business opportunities, and provide exceptional client service. Through its four solution lines – Client Development, Practice Management, Litigation Services, and Research – LexisNexis offers Total Practice Solutions to ensure that law firms have the content, tools and services they need to win in the business and practice of law.


The ratings process relies on peer attorneys to assess a lawyer’s ethics and legal ability. There are three possible Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings certification ratings awarded:


CV® Peer Review Rating — The CV rating 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 rating 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 Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings:

Adorno & Yoss 

Mercedes Sellek (Miami, FL)

Emily M. Usow (Miami, FL)

Akerman Senterfitt 

George P. Graham (Orlando, FL)

Bailey & Wyant, P.L.L.C. 

Vaughn T. Sizemore (Charleston, WV)

Baker & Hostetler LLP 

Joyce Ackerbaum Cox (Orlando, FL)

Patricia A. Poole (Cleveland, OH)

Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride, P.A. 

Charles A. Carlson (Tampa, FL)

Bart, Meyer & Company LLP 

Thomas B. Sayers (Savannah, GA)

Brown McCarroll, L.L.P. 

Chris Blackerby (Austin, TX)

Burr & Forman LLP 

William "Chip" Collins, Jr. (Atlanta, GA)

Butzel Long A Professional Corporation 

Daniel N. Sharkey (Detroit, MI)

Carlton Fields, P.A. 

Mac R. McCoy (Tampa, FL)

Angela T. Puentes-Leon (Miami, FL)

Chester Willcox & Saxbe, LLP 

Kenneth A. Fisher, Jr. (Columbus, OH)

Jennifer A. Otis (Columbus, OH)

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 

James F. Fulton, Jr. (Palo Alto, CA)

Philip C. Tencer (San Diego, CA)

Kent M. Walker (San Diego, CA)

Cozen O'Connor, A Professional Corporation 

Sherril M. Colombo (Miami, FL)

Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation 

Christopher B. Woods (Tulsa, OK)

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 

Thomas J. Cervantez (San Francisco, CA)

DLA Piper 

Christopher M. Young (San Diego, CA)

Durham Jones & Pinegar, P.C. 

N. Todd Leishman (Salt Lake City, UT)

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC 

James G. Seaman (Pittsburgh, PN)

L. Edward Walter (Pittsburgh, PN)

Fenwick & West LLP 

Jennifer L. Fuller (Mountain View, CA)

Fulcher Hagler LLP 

Mary Bryan Robbins (Augusta, GA)

Geddy, Harris, Franck & Hickman, LLP 

Susanna B. Hickman (Williamsburg, VA)

Richard H. Rizk (Williamsburg, VA)

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP 

J. Barrett Lucy (Roanoke, VA)

James J. O'Keeffe, Jr. (Roanoke, VA)

Kathleen L. Wright (Roanoke, VA)

Gordon & Rees LLP 

Thorsten John Pray (San Francisco, CA)

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP 

Luke J. Kealy (Woodbridge, NJ)

Christine F. Li (Woodbridge, NJ)

Heller Ehrman LLP 

Megan Dixon (San Francisco, CA)

Robert A. Trodella, Jr. (San Francisco, CA)

Holme Roberts & Owen LLP 

Kenneth R. Whiting, Jr. (San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO)

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP 

Jonathan R. Borenstein (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

Howard & Whatley, P.C. 

E. Blake Durham (Savannah, GA)

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, A Professional Corporation 

Carole F. Barrett (San Francisco, CA)

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 

Lisa A. Cahill (New York, NY)

Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP 

Lisa A. Brunner (Kansas City, MO)

Amber F. Van Hauen (Kansas City, MO)

Jackson Walker L.L.P. 

John K. Edwards (Houston, TX)

Jones Day 

Sidney R. Brown (Atlanta, GA)

Kean Miller Hawthorne D'Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P. 

Deborah J. Juneau (Baton Rouge, LA)

Keker & Van Nest LLP 

Daralyn Jeannine Durie (San Francisco, CA)

Michael H. Page (San Francisco, CA)

Ragesh K. Tangri (San Francisco, CA)

Wendy J. Thurm (San Francisco, CA)

Kluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin, P.L. 

D. Brett Marks (Miami, FL)

Terri Meyers (Miami, FL)

Kravitz, Schnitzer, Sloane, Johnson & Eberhardy, Chartered, A Professional Corporation 

Gina M. Mushmeche-Buras (Las Vegas, NV)

Lang Michener LLP 

James M. Bond (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Latham & Watkins LLP 

Peter K. Huston (San Francisco, CA)

Lawson Lundell LLP 

Kenneth E. Burns (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP 

John D. Edson (San Diego, CA)

Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin 

Pamela Lynde Bower (Jacksonville, FL)

Kimberly A. Harrison (Wilmington, DE)

Donna M. Modestine (King Of Prussia, PN)

Jack S. Senechal (Cherry Hill, NJ)

Mayer Brown LLP 

Jason H. P. Kravitt (Chicago, IL; New York, NY)

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 

W. Scott Biel (San Diego, CA)

Jeremy A. Spector (New York, NY)

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 

Carla B. Oakley (San Francisco, CA)

Nixon Peabody LLP 

Marjorie S. Fochtman (San Francisco, CA)

Parker McCay P.A. 

Elizabeth M. Garcia (Marlton, NJ)

James F. Schwerin (Lawrenceville, NJ)

Damon G. Tyner (Atlantic City, NJ)

Parr Waddoups Brown Gee & Loveless, A Professional Corporation 

Joseph M. R. Covey (Salt Lake City, UT)

Quarles & Brady LLP 

Mark H. Muller (Naples, FL)

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. 

James P. Koelzer (Los Angeles, CA)

David Martinez (Los Angeles, CA)

Rose Law Firm, A Professional Association 

Robyn P. Allmendinger (Little Rock, AK)

Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff Incorporated 

Andrew M. Apfelberg (Los Angeles, CA)

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP 

Robert S. Gebhard (San Francisco, CA)

Michael C. Scanlon, Jr. (San Francisco, CA)

Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, A Professional Corporation 

Teresa M. Kelly (Baltimore, MD)

Sessions Lambert Selwyn, LLP 

Jennifer Lindsey (Dallas, TX)

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 

Douglas Gerard Van Gessel (San Francisco, CA)

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 

Stacey A. Koch (Miami, FL)

Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC 

Travis L. Salmon (Kansas City, MO)

Stoel Rives LLP 

Ramona L. Monroe (Seattle, WA)

Willingham & Coté, P.C. 

Torree J. Breen (East Lansing, MI)

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP 

David S. Sheiffer (New York, NY)

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation 

Matthew William Sonsini (Palo Alto, CA)

Wolcott Rivers Gates 

M. Powell Peters (Virginia Beach, VA)

Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, L.L.P. 

Tricia A. Shackelford (Lexington, KY)

 

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