Larry D. Thompson named vice president of Martindale-Hubbell

Business Wire, Oct 2, 1996

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 1996--Larry D. Thompson, Ph.D., has been named vice president of marketing at Martindale-Hubbell, publishers of the world-renowned Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

As the vice president of marketing at Martindale-Hubbell, Thompson will be responsible for the company's strategic marketing, as well as implementation of the marketing programs, from corporate headquarters in New Providence.

Thompson has been serving as president of The Michie Co., a leading legal publisher based in Charlotteseville, Va., on a temporary basis since March of this year. During this time, he oversaw the integration of Michie with LEXIS-NEXIS, the world's leading provider of enhanced information services and management tools. LEXIS-NEXIS, based in Dayton, Ohio, Michie and Martindale-Hubbell are all owned by Reed Elsevier Inc.

"Larry has done a wonderful job of working with the professionals at Michie and LEXIS-NEXIS to help develop marketing strategies that position those companies for the future of legal publishing," said Lou Andreozzi, publisher of Martindale-Hubbell. "We now look forward to his visionary contributions in helping our organization as well."

Thompson joined the Reed Elsevier family of companies in 1994 when he was named vice president of marketing for the Legal Information Services (LIS) unit of LEXIS-NEXIS. Prior to joining LEXIS-NEXIS, he spent nine years with Shepard's, the legal publishing division of McGraw-Hill, serving most recently as vice president of sales and marketing. With an extensive consulting and market research background, Thompson was also president of Directions Research Co., a Denver-based national communications consulting group.

Thompson earned a B.A. degree from Montana State University, and his M.A. degree as well as his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He is a former professor of mass communications and marketing, and has taught at Denver University, the University of Colorado and Michigan State University.

Martindale-Hubbell is the definitive resource for information about attorneys and law firms around the world, with listings for more than 900,000 lawyers and law firms worldwide.

On June 1 of this year, the company placed its extensive law firm profiles and attorney biographies on the World Wide Web at http://www.martindale.com. Martindale-Hubbell is now the publisher of the only law directory in the world circulated widely in four distribution formats -- hardbound print, CD-ROM, online via LEXIS-NEXIS and the Internet.

Founded in 1868, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory is the authoritative guide to the legal profession, serving as the primary research source for information about the professional qualifications and expertise of attorneys and law firms around the world. The directory is published by Martindale-Hubbell, which has headquarters at 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, N.J. 07974; 800/526-4902. Martindale-Hubbell is a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.

NOTE: Martindale-Hubbell, LEXIS and NEXIS are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc.

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