American Lawyer Media's Law Firm Inc. Conference and Expo to Debut in NYC This September.

NEW YORK -- American Lawyer Media, Inc. (ALM), the nation's leading legal journalism and information company and publisher of Law Firm Inc.(R) magazine, today announced the debut of the Law Firm Inc. Conference and Exposition. The new event, to take place at the Hilton New York in New York City September 13-14, 2004, will be the first industry conference to focus exclusively on law firm management, business and operational issues.

The conference has been designed to showcase and present the most successful and innovative business techniques, programs and technologies in use today at the nation's law firms. It features four specific educational session tracks (two tracks per day/three sessions per track) devoted to business development and marketing; firm management and operations; human resources and training; and finance and insurance. All tracks qualify for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit.

Law firm leaders, topic experts and industry consultants will present case studies and research data at each session and lead panel and attendee discussion on a wide variety of business topics, ranging from client relationship management and rainmaking to outsourcing and executive compensation. Other track sessions will focus on staff training, law firm profitability and cash flow, facilities management and case management technologies. Expo exhibitors will include suppliers and vendors of law firm office systems, equipment and management/operational services.

Dr. Harvey Schiller, chairman of the board of GlobalOptions, Inc and a partner at The QuanStar Group, LLC. will deliver the first day's keynote address on "How Leaders Can Differentiate Their Firm In Today's Market." Peter S. Hendrickson, managing partner, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP will be the closing day keynote speaker and will address "Letting Lawyers Be Lawyers - How Professionalizing the Operation and Management of the Law Firm is Critical for the Long-term Health of the Profession."

"The strong response to our launch of Law Firm Inc. magazine confirmed that firms are assigning increasing priority to areas such as cost management, business development and marketing," said Kevin Vermeulen, publisher. "Based on our conversations with leaders of the profession, we saw an unmet need for an event that would enable law firm managing partners and managers to interact, exchange ideas and network, on a face-to-face basis, with the best and brightest in each key business area."

Additional conference, expo and sponsorship information is available on the Web at www.legaltechshow.com or by contacting Henry Dicker ([e-mail]) at [phone].

Headquartered in New York City, ALM is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal industry. ALM currently owns and publishes 33 national and regional legal magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer(R) and The National Law Journal(R). ALM's law.com(R) is the Web's leading legal news and information network. ALM's other businesses include book, custom and newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of legal trade shows and conferences, educational seminars and distribution of content related to the legal industry. ALM was formed by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., a private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP. More information on ALM, its business and services is available on the Web at www.americanlawyermedia.com.