Individuals, Companies Rely On Martindale-Hubbell Most Often to Find an Attorney

For the Fourth Year in a Row, Martindale-Hubbell(R) Maintains Lead
as the #1 Online Destination to Find Attorneys According to comScore
Media Metrix Custom Reports(a)
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Individuals, small business owners and corporate attorneys seeking
to hire legal counsel use resources from Martindale-Hubbell(R) more
than its leading competitor, according to 2007 monthly data by
comScore Media Metrix.

The 2007 comScore Media Metrix monthly reports measured traffic
patterns at competing online attorney directories. In particular,
comScore reported more combined unique visitors to Martindale-Hubbell
sites martindale.com(R) and lawyers.com(SM) than competing directories
when seeking a lawyer. For example, according to the custom reports,
in 2007 users of Martindale-Hubbell online:

-- Viewed a total of eight million pages on average each month -
132 percent more than the next most popular online resource
for finding attorneys.

-- Spent an average of four minutes per visit compared to a two
minute average at the next most popular online resource for
finding attorneys.

-- Viewed on average six pages per visit compared to only three
pages viewed per visit at the next most popular online
resource for finding attorneys.

-- Spent a total of five million monthly minutes on average
compared to only two million monthly minutes on average on the
next most popular online resource for finding attorneys.

"Consumers, small business professionals, lawyers, and corporate
counsel seeking a lawyer or lawyer referral rely on online resources
designed specifically for their needs, and the results of the comScore
reports show that when these individuals go online to look for legal
assistance, they turn to martindale.com and lawyers.com," said
Nicholas Karrat, Sr. Director, Traffic & Alliances. "We believe this
is because Martindale-Hubbell goes far beyond simple listings of
attorneys online to offer a diverse set of meaningful content and
filtering criteria required to help people select the right lawyer
quickly and easily."

Launched in 1998, lawyers.com is a free service designed
specifically for individuals and small businesses that provides access
to a database of more than one million attorneys nationwide.

Martindale.com is an online resource that aids corporate counsel
and sophisticated buyers of legal services to manage, evaluate and
maintain relationships with outside counsel, while helping law firms
differentiate and market offerings to clients. Both sites are part of
Martindale-Hubbell, the authoritative resource for information on the
worldwide legal profession for nearly 140 years.

(a) comScore Media Metrix Data based on an annual 12-month average
comparing 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 unduplicated visitor traffic to
Martindale-Hubbell directories (lawyers.com + martindale.com) and
Findlaw Lawyer Directory Traffic (Lawyers.findlaw.com,
Pview.findlaw.com, Legalrecords.findlaw.com).

About comScore Media Metrix

comScore Media Metrix is the industry standard for Internet
audience measurement data, including details of visitation,
demographics and online buying power for Web site audiences across
U.S. and global markets. comScore Media Metrix is the preferred source
of Internet audience measurement for advertising agencies, publishers,
marketers and financial analysts. comScore Media Metrix data is based
on an annual 12-month average comparing 2006 and 2007 unduplicated
visitor traffic to Martindale-Hubbell directories (lawyers.com +
martindale.com) with competing online legal directories.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of
business information solutions to a wide range of professionals in the
legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement,
accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered
online information with its Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) services. A member
of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: ENL)(NYSE: RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com),
LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 13,000
employees worldwide.

LexisNexis
Holly Michael, PR Manager, 937-865-8852
holly.michael@lexisnexis.com

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