GCG's Legal Notice Expert, Jeanne Finegan, APR to Speak at ABA Annual Meeting

Business Wire, August 4, 2008

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Jeanne C. Finegan, APR, The Garden City Group's Senior Vice President, Communications and legal notice expert will be speaking at the American Bar Association's Annual Meeting in New York City on August 11, 2008. Her presentation, "Practical Advice for Class Action Settlements: The Future of Notice in the U.S. and Internationally - Meeting the Best Practicable Standard," will explore the growing impact that the Internet has on notice, emerging media, and how shifts are occurring in media preferences.

Ms. Finegan has more than 20 years of communications and advertising experience. She has been recognized as a legal notice expert by courts throughout the country and internationally. She has developed hundreds of the nation's largest and most high profile notice programs, and has designed several international programs this year alone.

"It is an honor to be invited to speak at this year's ABA Annual Meeting and share my knowledge on legal notice with a prestigious group of legal practitioners," Finegan said.

Pat Clendenen, Chair of the Class and Derivative Actions Subcommittee and Member in Mintz Levin's Litigation Section, said, "We're thrilled to have Jeanne attend our subcommittee meeting and share the wealth of her experience with ABA members. Attendees should expect to learn about the practical and legal developments occurring in today's class action notice practice."

Ms. Finegan's speaking engagement is presented by the American Bar Association's Business and Corporate Litigation Committee/Class and Derivative Actions Subcommittee, and will further explore how a future best practicable notice effort will need to evolve with emerging trends. Importantly, it will identify key points practitioners need to know for successful international notice, including differences in media consumption and measurement, cultural aversions, timing, and legal review. The presentation will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York, which is located at Park Avenue and Grand Central, at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2008. To register for this event, or for more information please visit http://www.abanet.org/annual/2008/.> The Garden City Group, Inc. (www.gardencitygroup.com), a subsidiary of Crawford & Company, administers class action settlements, designs legal notice programs, manages Chapter 11 administrations, and provides expert consultation services.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Crawford & Company (www.crawfordandcompany.com) is the world's largest independent provider of claims management and related solutions to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities, with a global network of more than 700 locations in 63 countries. Major service lines include property and casualty claims management; warranty inspections; integrated claims and medical management for workers' compensation; legal settlement administration, including class action and bankruptcy claims administration; and risk management information services. The Company's shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRDA and CRDB.