Martindale-Hubbell® Connected Global Network for Legal Professionals Reaches 10,000 Lawyer Milestone

$10,000 Charity Donation Planned to Mark Occasion

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, today announced that membership in Martindale-Hubbell^® Connected has surpassed 10,000 lawyers. Launched on March 31, 2009 with 3,000 beta members, Martindale-Hubbell Connected is the premier global online network for corporate counsel and other legal professionals, and is the latest innovation from martindale.com^®.

“We are enormously grateful to our growing roster of Alliance Partners who saw the value of Martindale-Hubbell Connected and had faith in our vision”

The network has since grown to more than 10,000 members spanning more than 110 countries, making Martindale-Hubbell Connected the world’s largest, authenticated, online network designed exclusively for the legal profession.

To celebrate this milestone, LexisNexis will donate $10,000 to selected charities and nonprofit organizations chosen by Martindale-Hubbell Connected Alliance Partners. Starting today, all Martindale-Hubbell Connected members will have the opportunity to vote via online poll as to where they’d like to see the funds donated, subject to the charity donation rules posted online. Voting closes on August 14. The winning organizations will receive a share of the $10,000 donation in proportion to the number of votes they receive. The list of potential recipients includes the following:

• Pro Bono Net
• International Red Cross (sponsored by European Company Lawyers Association)
• National Association of Women Lawyers: National Nights of Giving
• North Shore Animal League (sponsored by Counsel on Litigation Management)
• Twenty One & Co (sponsored by Commerce & Industry Group)
• The Whitman Walker Clinic (sponsored by Minority Corporate Counsel Association)
• Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation

The Alliance Partner Program for Martindale-Hubbell Connected offers legal associations and other select non-profit legal organizations secure and dedicated network communities – enabling a quick and easy method for these organizations to greatly expand their members’ networking and collaboration capabilities while also integrating their group within the larger Martindale-Hubbell community. Current Martindale-Hubbell Connected Alliance Partners include; the Council on Litigation Management, Pro Bono Net, the National Association of Women Lawyers, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Lex Mundi, Commerce & Industry Group, and the European Company Lawyers Association.

“We are enormously grateful to our growing roster of Alliance Partners who saw the value of Martindale-Hubbell Connected and had faith in our vision,” said Laxmi Wordham, vice president at LexisNexis. “The rapid growth of Martindale-Hubbell Connected is just one example of the broad transformation and expanding set of resources available to legal professionals through the larger Martindale-Hubbell community.”

Membership in Martindale-Hubbell Connected currently includes lawyers from 92 of the Am Law 100, inside counsel from nearly 50 percent of the Fortune 500, and lawyers from more than 1100 firms and companies outside of the U.S.

About Martindale-Hubbell Connected

The Martindale-Hubbell Connected (http://www.martindale.com/connected) network offers members the ability to expand their professional legal network with authenticated contacts, to uncover new relationships and trusted referrals, to share information and insights, and to efficiently collaborate in a virtual community. The launch of this network is part of a broad transformation of Martindale-Hubbell into the preeminent online destination for legal professionals. Other elements of this transformation include an agreement with LinkedIn offering martindale.com users direct access to the LinkedIn network, the integration of Chambers ratings within lawyer and law firm profiles on martindale.com, legal content and more.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: ENL)(NYSE: RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 18,000 employees worldwide.