ADVISORY/Scott Harshbarger to Speak at Ethics Officer Association Annual Meeting.

Business Editors/Legal Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Oct. 1)

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Former Massachusetts Attorney General to lead Discussion with Ralph Boyd, former Justice Department Civil Rights Chief, and William F. Murdy, CEO of a Fortune 1000 company, on The New Realities of Corporate Governance

WHO:    Scott Harshbarger, former Massachusetts Attorney General and
        President of Common Cause and now director of the Harshbarger
        Governance Practice at Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, teams
        up with Ralph Boyd, former Chief of the Civil Rights Division
        in the Department of Justice and now litigations and trial
        partner at Alston & Bird and William F. Murdy, an active
        member of several corporate boards and the CEO of Comfort
        Systems USA, a Fortune 1000 company, to provide a 360-degree
        view of corporate governance practices. This panel discussion
        will cover the new realities for corporate boards, general
        counsels, CEOs and ethics officers.

        The panelists will give a 360 degree overview of what has
        changed, what is coming down the turnpike, and how to prepare
        for it. What are the red flags regulators looks for under
        Sarbanes-Oxley? What is the most effective way to deal with a
        governmental inquiry or investigation? How has the role of the
        CEO changed? What can boards do differently? The panel will
        explore these issues and many more, and provide a practical
        discussion with real-world examples.

WHEN:   Wednesday, October 1, 2003
        2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

WHERE:  Ethics Officers Association Annual Conference
        Disney Yacht & Beach Club Hotel
        Orlando, Florida

WHAT:   Conference Session: The New Realities of Corporate Governance

Speaker biographies

Scott Harshbarger

Director, Harshbarger Governance Practice

Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane

Scott Harshbarger brings a distinguished career in public service to Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane. With experience as a prosecutor, regulator and public advocate, he has the expertise to provide legal and strategic advice on corporate governance issues, crisis management, internal assessments and a host of critical issues important to clients.

Prior to joining Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, Mr. Harshbarger served as the national President and CEO of Common Cause, Attorney General of Massachusetts, District Attorney of Middlesex County, among other positions of leadership.

As President and CEO of Common Cause, Harshbarger re-energized the nationally recognized, independent government and corporate watchdog group. Mr. Harshbarger also helped push passage of the landmark federal campaign finance reform legislation, and expanded Common Cause's agenda to include election reform and launched its corporate governance initiative in 2002.

While Attorney General of Massachusetts, Mr. Harshbarger was elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General. During this time, he created a level playing field for businesses by prosecuting white-collar crime, insurance fraud and enforcing child labor laws. Mr. Harshbarger led the passage of unprecedented brownfields legislation, helping spur economic development in formerly depressed neighborhoods. He was the first Attorney General in the nation to work with the health care community to develop hospital and HMO community benefit guidelines. Mr. Harshbarger also led the state's effort to be one of the first five states in the country to sue tobacco manufacturers for the costs of health care associated with tobacco use.

Mr. Harshbarger was the Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts in 1998. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Harshbarger taught legal ethics at Boston University Law School, and was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and Northeastern Law School.

Ralph Boyd

Partner

Alston & Bird

Ralph Boyd is a senior litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Alston & Bird LLP, a national law firm. From July 2001 to July 2002, he was the Assistant Attorney General of the United States and Chief of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He also previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, and was a trial partner at Goodwin Procter LLP, in Boston. He has extensive trial and appellate experience, and focuses his practice on the trial and management of complex civil and commercial litigation, government and internal corporate investigations and related white-collar criminal cases, and labor, employment, and fair lending matters involving allegations of discrimination and other civil rights related issues.

Prior to joining Alston & Bird, Mr. Boyd was nominated to be the Assistant Attorney General of the United States by President George W. Bush, and was confirmed with the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate in 2001. In that role, he oversaw 375 attorneys in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, which is responsible for enforcing the nation's laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, religion and national origin, as well as criminal statutes outlawing violence or threats of violence against people exercising their fundamental rights and laws against human trafficking and related crimes.

A 1979 graduate of Haverford College, Mr. Boyd received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1984, and an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Suffolk University in 2001. Following law school, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Joseph H. Young, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland. Since then, he has received numerous awards and honors for his professional and civic work and public service.

William F. Murdy

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Comfort Systems USA

William F. Murdy has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) since July 2000. Prior to Comfort he was Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Club Quarters, a privately owned, rapidly growing chain of membership hotels catering to corporate travelers to major cities in the U.S. and Europe. Until July of 1999, he was Chairman, President and CEO of LandCare USA, Inc. (NYSE: GRW). LandCare grew to be the country's largest commercial landscape and tree services company ($500 MM revenues) before merging with ServiceMaster (NYSE:SVM) in 1999. Prior to LandCare, Mr. Murdy was President and Chief Executive Officer of General Investment and Development, a large, privately held, diversified real estate operating company, and before that, Managing General Partner of the Morgan Stanley Venture Capital Fund and President of its associated management company. From 1974 to 1981 he served in a number of positions including chief operating officer of Pacific Resources (NYSE: PRI), a rapidly growing $1 billion Fortune 500 company.

He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a member of the national board of Business Executives for National Security, Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy, and the National Advisory Board of the Boy Scouts of America.