LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Signs Agreement with Dinsmore & Shohl, Providing Opportunities to Connect Firm with Corporate Counsel; Firm Signs On as Sponsor of Counsel to Counsel Forums and Magazine

Business Wire, March 1, 2006

NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. -- LexisNexis, the leading provider of client development solutions for the legal profession, has completed an agreement with Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in which the law firm will serve as a sponsor of LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell's Counsel to Counsel roundtable program and Counsel to Counsel bi-monthly print magazine.

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 280 attorneys practicing in eight offices in four states. For the past 98 years, Dinsmore & Shohl has provided a broad range of integrated services to meet the needs of both large and small businesses, as well as institutions, associations, governments, professional firms and individuals.

"At Dinsmore & Shohl, we believe strongly in relationship development and listening to clients," said Kim Curtis, chief marketing officer of Dinsmore & Shohl. "Martindale-Hubbell provides unique opportunities for our attorneys to share their experience and capabilities with corporate counsel and other prospective clients, effectively and efficiently."

The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Counsel to Counsel roundtable forums are designed to facilitate valued dialog between buyers and sellers of legal services. Law firm sponsors are allowed to co-host select events, creating an opportunity for them to share their expertise with corporate counsel participants and to network one-on-one with these senior-level in-house counsel.

The Counsel to Counsel print magazine contains original content based on interviews with law firms and corporate counsel and is published in cooperation with InsideCounsel (formerly Corporate Legal Times). The magazine is a 32-page, full-color publication that is delivered in print and online to more than 60,000 senior in-counsel and business executives from leading companies.

According to Curtis, the firm was attracted to the Counsel to Counsel sponsorship opportunities because they offered a vehicle for Dinsmore & Shohl attorneys to make direct connections -- both in-person and in print -- with decision makers.

"Visibility is key for developing our business, both with current clients and prospective clients," she explained. "Dinsmore & Shohl's association with Martindale-Hubbell provides opportunities for our attorneys to gain exposure to purchasers of legal services."

"The Counsel to Counsel roundtable forums and Counsel to Counsel magazine have become highly regarded platforms for in-house counsel to share ideas regarding the delivery of corporate legal services and management of corporate legal departments," said Mike Walsh, senior vice president of large and national law firm markets at LexisNexis. "By making available select sponsorship opportunities for the forums and magazine, we continue to demonstrate Martindale-Hubbell's unique role in the global legal community, connecting law firms such as Dinsmore & Shohl to buyers of legal services."

About Dinsmore & Shohl

Dinsmore & Shohl is a full-service law firm with more than 280 attorneys who counsel clients on a local, regional, national and international basis. The Firm has offices in: Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Charleston and Morgantown, West Virginia. For more information, please go to www.dinslaw.com.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. 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.

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell (www.martindale.com) provides client development solutions for the legal profession, partnering with its law firm customers to meet their practice development goals. An integral part of Martindale-Hubbell's service to the legal community is its Peer Review Rating system, which evaluates lawyers and law firms in the U.S. and Canada based on peer review. Peer Review Ratings attest to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary. The Martindale-Hubbell database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms, accessible at www.martindale.com and www.lawyers.com, is the number-one lawyer directory on the Internet (as measured by Nielsen/NetRatings). The company provides lawyers, business executives and consumers with detailed information to help them identify, evaluate and select legal counsel.