Martindale-Hubbell and American Bar Association Launch ABA Network Lawyer Locator.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)--March 26, 1998-- Martindale-Hubbell and the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law (ABA), two venerable institutions serving the American legal profession, Thursday announced the debut of the ABA Network Lawyer Locator on the Internet. This new service delivers information from the comprehensive Martindale-Hubbell database of more than 900,000 listings of lawyers and 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]
In addition to the standard search criteria already available via the Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator, the customized ABA version will provide the ability to select ABA membership as a search criteria and will feature the recognizable ABA logo for all member listings. The new site can be accessed on the ABA Network, located at http://www.abanet.org. The official public launch of the ABA Network Lawyer Locator will take place during ABA TECHSHOW '98, March 26-28, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Chicago. The site can be viewed by visitors to the Martindale-Hubbell booth (Booths No. 307 and No. 309) on the floor of the trade show. "We're delighted to make the ABA Network Lawyer Locator available to the public because it allows us to expand our online resources for the legal community and the public on a national level," said Armando Lasa-Ferrer, chair of the ABA's standing committee on technology and information services See Information Systems. . "This important initiative is part of our continuing effort to work in cooperation with bar associations to provide lawyer directory services," said Carol Cooper, associate publisher of Martindale-Hubbell. "Partnering with the American Bar Association enables us to combine the information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. of the two definitive databases on the legal profession in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." According to Cooper, future enhancements to the Martindale-Hubbell and ABA Network Lawyer Locators will include an indicator that identifies registration of digital certificate key information. The Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator is the Internet version of the venerable Martindale-Hubbell database and is now averaging 25,000 searches daily by corporate counsel, lawyers and business executives around the world -- more traffic than any other Internet lawyer directory. The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory A database containing information about attorneys and law firms around the world. Primarily lawyers use the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory to assist them in the practice of their profession. is published by Martindale-Hubbell, a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group. The company has headquarters at 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, N.J. 07974. For more information, call 800/526-4902 or go to http://www.martindale.com. ABA Network is managed by the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC LTRC Louisiana Transportation Research Center LTRC Landing Traffic ), under the guidance of the standing committee on technology and information services. LTRC also coordinates other legal technology-related products and services that provide lawyers and legal professionals with information on hardware and software, and is located at ABA headquarters in Chicago, 750 North Lake Shore Drive Lake Shore Drive (colloquially referred to as LSD or simply Lake Shore) is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and next to Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. , Chicago, Ill. 60611. CONTACT: Teague Communications Daryn Teague, 805/297-5292 teaguecomm@aol.com or American Bar Association, Chicago Angela Burke, 312/988-5237 angelaburke@staff.abanet.org |
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