Lawyers Accept Credit Cards Via eAttorney and MerchantRates.com; eAttorney Members Open Merchant Accounts To Process Client Credit Card Payments

Business Wire, Sept 12, 2000

Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000

eAttorney, Inc., the leading legal Application Service Provider (ASP), and MerchantRates.com, an online provider of top tier payment systems, have announced a partnership enabling lawyers to open accounts for accepting credit card payments from clients through www.eAttorney.com.

Through this partnership, eAttorney members can now establish customized accounts for credit card processing, and are automatically enrolled in a frequent-flyer rewards program.

"Thousands of law professionals will reap the benefits of our partnership with eAttorney, including special access to customized credit card processing services," said Ted Hardison, CEO of MerchantRates.com. "We are pleased to serve the legal community with fair and competitive pricing, industry education and personal attention."

eAttorney provides more than 75,000 law professionals and students with an integrated suite of web-based, attorney-focused business applications, services, and content. The partnership enables eAttorney's law professionals to research merchant accounts via access to industry specific pricing and regulations for the legal community. Account membership at MerchantRates.com includes immediate enrollment in a frequent flyer benefits program with partners such as Delta Air Lines. Each card transaction earns points redeemable for airline miles.

"This partnership enables eAttorney to offer its members credit card payment processing services to further ease the administrative burdens associated with practicing law," said Sam Kellett, CEO of eAttorney. "MerchantRates.com offers information specific to lawyers, and is a worthy addition to our growing team of top tier companies that advance the professional and personal needs of our legal community."

About eAttorney, Inc.

Atlanta-based eAttorney, Inc. is the legal community's leading Application Service Provider (ASP) and destination site (www.eAttorney.com). eAttorney solves the unique problems faced by law firms due to inefficient processes and disparate systems through a comprehensive suite of Internet-based, front and back office applications, business and e-commerce services, all through a single point of access.

Law students, law firms and attorneys use eAttorney's On Campus Interviewing Plus (OCI+) to assist them with recruiting and career placement. The National Association for Law Placement (NALP), a non-profit educational organization designed to meet the needs of the law community, exclusively endorses OCI+ as the preferred on-campus recruiting service for students and lateral attorneys. eAttorney is used by 35,000 attorneys, 52,000 students, 57 law schools, including Duke University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and many of the leading law firms, including Shearman & Sterling, King & Spalding, Sidley & Austin, Baker Botts and Kilpatrick Stockton.

About MerchantRates.com

MerchantRates.com (www.merchantrates.com) is the online division of Vantage Card Services, Inc. MerchantRates.com delivers a combination of empowering knowledge and enabling technology. From this online platform, we offer the ability for businesses, professionals and merchants who are dissatisfied with their current credit card rates to research and receive a proposal for service instantly from a web application. With MerchantRates.com, we demonstrate our philosophy that the more educated a merchant is about this industry; the more likely we will be selected as their provider. MerchantRates.com addresses specific interchange pricing and regulations for businesses in all types of industries; including professionals, retail, restaurant, lodging, grocery, business to business, government purchasing, Internet, mail and telephone order, wireless and emerging markets.