Motley Rice Attorney Fritz Jekel to Present at South Carolina Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting; Session Will Focus on Causation in Environmental Litigation.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation's largest plaintiff's law firms, today announced that attorney Fritz Jekel will present "The Science of Causation in Environmental Litigation" at the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association's (SCTLA) 2006 Annual Convention at the Westin Resort in Hilton Head, South Carolina on August 3, 2006.

Jekel's session will cover the hurdles associated with proving causation of physical injuries and property damage in environmental cases, which might involve lead, groundwater contamination, mold, chlorine, benzene and others hazards. He will provide strategies on how attorneys can meet these challenges.

The annual SCTLA seminar hosts a wide variety of prominent speakers in the legal profession who understand the issues affecting trial lawyers from South Carolina as well as across the country. Other topics to be presented this year include: ethics, torts and negligence, workers compensation, employment law, social security, criminal law, environmental law and a special seminar for young lawyers. This year's featured speaker is Dan Abrams, MSNBC Anchor and NBC News Chief Legal Correspondent, and the host of "The Abrams Report" weeknights on MSNBC.

Jekel is a member of the Motley Rice transportation, occupational disease and environmental practice groups. He handles many of the firm's toxic mold exposure cases, frequently dealing with the unique challenges of causation and liability.

About Motley Rice LLC

Motley Rice LLC is one of the United State's largest plaintiffs' litigation firms. The firm is headquartered in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Motley Rice attorneys gained global recognition for their pioneering work on behalf of asbestos victims, the State Attorneys General in their landmark litigation against Big Tobacco, and the 9/11 families in their groundbreaking lawsuit against terrorist financiers. Motley Rice attorneys continue to seek justice in areas including catastrophic injury; complex case resolution; securities and consumer fraud; environmental hazards and contamination; medical negligence and medical device defects; occupational disease and toxic torts; and transportation disasters and defects. For more information on Motley Rice LLC call 1-800-768-4026 or visit http://www.motleyrice.com.