Motley Rice to Co-Chair Pharmaceutical and Human Tissue Litigation Conference; Conference to Focus on Pharmaceutical and Tainted Tissue Litigation.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' law firms, today announced it will co-chair the upcoming "Pharmaceutical and Human Tissue Litigation Conference," taking place in Charleston, South Carolina, June 29-30, 2006, at the Charleston Place Hotel. Presented by the Harris Martin Publishing Company, the conference will explore emerging areas of pharmaceutical and tissue transplant litigation. Motley Rice attorney and co-founder Ron Motley, together with Motley Rice attorney Kevin Dean, will speak on Friday, June 30 at 12:30 p.m., on an "Overview of Human Tissue Litigation." During this presentation, Motley and Dean will review the defendants, give case overviews and discuss the difference between a human tissue case and a misappropriated human remains case.

Motley Rice has been at the forefront of human tissue litigation since the issue first came to light late last year. The firm currently is investigating more than 600 cases involving patients who unwittingly received potentially diseased tissue or bone during routine surgeries. These cases are a result of a $4.6 million body snatching ring, involving two individuals who allegedly masterminded an enterprise to harvest human tissue from funeral homes and sell it for use in transplants and research. Hospitals nationwide have reported receipt of the allegedly illegally harvested and potentially dangerous tissue. Motley Rice believes that due to poor industry regulations, the problem may extend far beyond what has been included in these current cases. Along with the recipients of the potentially diseased tissue, Motley Rice is also representing 20 family members of those whose bodies were allegedly unlawfully stolen and harvested.

Along with human tissue litigation, The Pharmaceutical & Human Tissue Litigation Conference will explore emerging pharmaceutical litigation involving drugs such as Seroquel, Ortho-Evra, and Zyprexa. The conference will host attorneys and doctors from around the country to bring a comprehensive perspective on these areas of medical litigation. For more information on the conference, please visit: http://www.harrismartin.com.

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 contact attorney Ron Motley or visit http://www.motleyrice.com.