ADVISORY/ Ernst & Young Partner - Former Federal Prosecutor and White Collar Crime Specialist - Available to Comment Following the "Not Guilty" Plea of ImClone CEO Sam Waksal.

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WHO:     RHEA KEMBLE DIGNAM
         PARTNER, ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP
         LITIGATION ADVISORY SERVICES

           MS. DIGNAM'S BACKGROUND INCLUDED SERVING AS DEPUTY GENERAL
         COUNSEL IN CHARGE OF LITIGATION AT NEW YORK LIFE
         INSURANCE; EXECUTIVE DEPUTY COMPTROLLER OF NEW YORK CITY;
         CHIEF ASSISTANT DISTANT ATTORNEY IN KINGS COUNTY
         (BROOKLYN, NY); EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY; (AND
         EARLIER AS CHIEF, PUBLIC CORRUPTION UNIT, AND CHIEF,
         NARCOTICS UNIT OF THAT OFFICE)

           MS. DIGNAM CAN OFFER INSIGHT AND COMMENTARY ON GENERAL
         PROCEDURAL MATTERS IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASES AND THE
         POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS IN THE IMCLONE CASE.

WHEN:    MS. DIGNAM IS BASED IN MANAHATTAN AND IS AVAILABLE FOR
         INTERVIEWS AS REQUESTED.

CONTACT: HILARY HALL, HILL & KNOWLTON
         312-475-5905