LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell and National Institute for Trial Advocacy Cooperate on Creation of ``NITA'' Designation for Martindale's Attorney Biographies.Business Editors/Legal Writers NEW PROVIDENCE New Providence, city, United States New Providence, borough (1990 pop. 11,439), Union co., NE N.J.; settled c.1720, set off and inc. 1899. It is largely residential but has some light industry. Roses and fruit are grown there commercially. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2003 LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory is one of the oldest and best-known catalogues of lawyers in the United States. Its history begins with two separate publications, the Martindale Directory and Hubbell's Legal Directory. (R), the leading client development company for the legal profession, has entered into an alliance with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA NITA National Institute for Trial Advocacy NITA National Information Technology Agenda (Malaysia) NITA Naval Intelligence Technical Assessment ) to create a special "NITA" icon that will accompany the Martindale-Hubbell biographies for all attorneys who have completed the NITA certification program. NITA is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that is recognized as the world's premier provider of advocacy training. The institute has established a standard for noting the accomplishments of individual attorneys who have completed a series of NITA instructional courses, along with acknowledging its most highly rated faculty members. "NITA has an exceptional reputation among corporate counsel worldwide, training approximately 5,000 lawyers each year, and its 35,000 alumni primarily consist of in-house counsel and lawyers from the top 250 law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gibeault, the alliance also includes an agreement that Martindale-Hubbell will build a new search functionality into its martindale.com search engine that will enable users to search for lawyers who have been certified See certification. by NITA. "Martindale-Hubbell's decision to create a special icon on the biographies for attorneys who have completed our certification program is a tremendous endorsement of the quality of our instructional courses and its perceived value by in-house counsel," said Lonny Rose, executive director of NITA. "Martindale-Hubbell is clearly the most highly respected independent resource for evaluating the credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. of lawyers and we look forward to a sustained partnership between our organizations." About Martindale-Hubbell Martindale-Hubbell is the leading client development company for the legal profession and is the number-one resource for information about lawyers and law firms worldwide, consulted daily by lawyers, business executives and consumers. With more than 4 million searches per month, this unrivaled network connects lawyers and law firms with their clients and potential clients, facilitates communication between members of the legal profession, and makes available a wide range of biographical information and professional credentials regarding attorneys in private, corporate and government practice. It is powered by a database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms around the world. Martindale-Hubbell is also the leading provider of Web sites for lawyers and has recently announced a number of new products and services to facilitate client development initiatives for lawyers and law firms. These client development vehicles include opportunities to publish articles on the Web and in respected industry newsletters, invitations to speak at highly regarded professional conferences, and new products designed to market law firm practice area and industry groups. Martindale-Hubbell is part of the LexisNexis Group, a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc. For more information, visit www.martindale.com. About LexisNexis LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com) is a global leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ENL Noun 1. ENL - an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face erythema nodosum leprosum Hansen's disease, leprosy - chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical ) (NYSE:RUK RUK Reserviupseerikoulu (Hamina, Finland, Reserve Officers' School) RUK Are You Kidding? ) (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based research service, LexisNexis, the company includes some of the world's most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac. |
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