Community Bancorp Inc. to Participate in Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. 2006 West Coast Financial Services Conference.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Community Bancorp Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ:CMBC), parent company of Community National Bank, today announced that Michael J. Perdue, President and CEO, has been invited to participate in the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. 2006 West Coast Financial Services Conference at the Four Seasons Resort, Aviara, in North San Diego. Mr. Perdue is scheduled to participate in the Inland Empire Panel Discussion to be held on Thursday, March 9th, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. PST.

Media representatives, analysts, and the public are invited to view Mr. Perdue's panel discussion via webcast. The webcast can be accessed live at http://www.sandleroneill.com and will be available for 30 days after the event, beginning March 10th. A copy of the presentation materials will be available beginning March 9, 2006, at www.comnb.com under the Investors Relations section entitled, "Financial Reports-Quarterly & Other Reports."

Community Bancorp is a bank holding company with $908.6 million in assets as of December 31, 2005, with a wholly owned banking subsidiary, Community National Bank, headquartered in Escondido, California. The bank's primary focus is community banking, providing commercial banking services including commercial, real estate and SBA loans to small and medium sized businesses. The bank serves San Diego County and southwest Riverside County with eleven community banking offices in Bonsall, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, La Mesa, Murrieta, Rancho Bernardo, Santee, Temecula, and Vista, a commercial loan production office in Corona, CA, and has additional SBA loan production offices that originate loans in California, Arizona, Nevada and Oregon.

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