Ungaretti & Harris Selects LexisNexis Market Intelligence to Enhance Client Development Efforts

LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of information and servicessolutions, today announced that Chicago-based Ungaretti & Harris LLPhas selected LexisNexis(R) Market Intelligence to help the firm betterunderstand the legal needs of its current and prospective clients.

LexisNexis Market Intelligence provides the most comprehensivenews, business and court-record based litigation coverage of a lawfirm's clients and prospects, facilitating quick, smart decisionsabout targeting and cross-selling. Ungaretti & Harris joins the ranksof more than 40 other leading law firms that have already acquired anddeployed LexisNexis Market Intelligence.

Ungaretti & Harris began its search last year for a tool thatwould serve as a platform for providing current information about thebusiness scope and specific legal needs of its current and prospectiveclients.

"In our selection process, we sought out a competitiveintelligence offering that we felt would add the greatest value to ourfirm by offering the most expansive company profiles availableregarding our current clients, as well as other companies with whom wewould like to cultivate relationships," said Nathalie Daum, directorof marketing at Ungaretti & Harris. "We decided that LexisNexis MarketIntelligence was the most robust product in the marketplace andtherefore has the best potential for enhancing our client developmentefforts."

According to Daum, in addition to its use of LexisNexis MarketIntelligence as a research tool for client development activities,Ungaretti & Harris is also integrating the system into its associatetraining programs. "By equipping our younger attorneys with the skillsto gather valuable background information about specific clients andprospective clients, the associates are better prepared to representUngaretti & Harris at important meetings," explained Daum.

"Ungaretti & Harris is part of a growing elite group of law firmsthat are discovering the substantial value and ROI that MarketIntelligence offers in an increasingly competitive landscape for legalservices," said Mason White, vice president of Market Intelligence atLexisNexis. "The common thread that ties together all of thesecustomers is a focus on applying increased discipline and rationalthinking to their market analysis and segmentation strategies, aprocess Market Intelligence is designed to streamline and simplify."

Market Intelligence is one product within a growing portfolio ofLexisNexis client development tools and services designed to help lawfirms generate more revenues from their existing client base as wellas find, win and keep new clients. The product also enhances a firm'sability to anticipate client needs and provide more proactive clientservice through automated alerts, which provide e-mail notificationswhen a specified client or prospect has been sued.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider ofinformation and services solutions, including its flagship Web-basedLexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, to a wide range ofprofessionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government,law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of ReedElsevier Group plc (NYSE:ENL)(NYSE:RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com), thecompany does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employeesworldwide.

About Ungaretti & Harris

Ungaretti & Harris LLP, a 100+ attorney law firm with offices inChicago, Washington, D.C. and Springfield, Ill., has become one of thepremier midsize litigation and transactional firms in the U.S. forrepresenting Fortune 500 companies, professional organizations,healthcare providers, trade associations, developers, financialinstitutions, private equity sources and government agencies.