New Orleans, LA, July 11, 2003 – Corporate Board Member magazine has named Jones Walker the top corporate law firm in New Orleans. For the second consecutive year, Jones Walker has earned the number one spot in the magazine's annual Legal Research Industry Study.  Corporate Board Member's July /August 2003 cover story, “America’s Best Corporate Lawyers,” ranks law firms in 50 metropolitan areas and also identifies the top 20 national law firms. Corporate Board Member based its findings on a poll of its readers -- some 52,000 directors and general counsels of publicly held companies traded on the New York and American stock exchanges and the Nasdaq market. 
 
Corporate Board Member magazine is published six times a year and is a leading information resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded companies, large private companies, and Global 1000 firms. You may visit Corporate Board Member
magazine at  www.boardmember.com.
 
Jones Walker is a multi-practice law firm with 215 lawyers and has offices in Baton Rouge, Houston, Lafayette, Miami, New Orleans, and Washington, DC.

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Contact:

Charlotte H. Thomas 
(504) 582-8181
E-mail: cthomas@joneswalker.com
www.joneswalker.com