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Portland, Maine – June 13, 2008 – Preti Flaherty announced today that fourteen of its attorneys and four of the firm’s practice groups have been selected for recognition in the 2008 Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, the highly regarded legal directory which ranks firms and individual attorneys. Twelve Maine attorneys and two New Hampshire attorneys were ranked as leaders in their fields. Four of the firm’s practice areas were recognized as leaders, including Litigation, Environmental and Real Estate Law (which each earned #2 rankings), as well as Corporate/M&A.

Based on independent reviews, Chambers has described Preti Flaherty as “a competitive team of go-getters” that “really try cases – they don’t just push paper around.” Our attorneys are described as “fair, knowledgeable and creative.” Commended for its “extraordinarily successful lobbying practice and top quality litigation,” the firm is pleased to announce the following attorneys who were recognized for outstanding overall accomplishments in their practice areas:

Litigation: General Commercial (#2 ranking)	Corporate M&A Susan LoGiudice
Alfred Frawley
Jonathan Piper	Corporate M&A: Bankruptcy
Dan Rapaport	John McVeigh
Environment (#2 ranking)	Real Estate (#2 ranking)
David Van Slyke (#1 ranking)	Michael Gentile
	Michael Lane (“Up and Coming” ranking)
Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense	Michael Sheehan
Robert Newton	Corporate/Commercial: Bankruptcy
Christopher Nyhan (#1 ranking)	(New Hampshire)
Dan Rapaport	John Sullivan (#1 ranking)
Labor & Employment	Real Estate (New Hampshire)
Michael Messerschmidt (#1 ranking)	Simon Leeming

Each attorney was assessed on qualities including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by his or her clients. Chambers USA researchers based the rankings on more than 14,000 in-depth interviews with leading attorneys and in-house counsel.

“We are proud to achieve this prestigious international recognition for our dedicated work across many industries,” said Jonathan Piper, Preti Flaherty Managing Partner. “The Chambers USA ranking is especially coveted as the nominations are earned by reputation and final selection is made by a rigorous independent review.”

About Preti

Preti Flaherty has offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine, Concord, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 85 attorneys, the firm counsels clients in the areas of business law, energy, environmental, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, litigation, technology and telecommunications. More information about the firm is available at www.preti.com.

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