Press Release

NEW ORLEANS—Corporate Counsel magazine has named Jones Walker a "Go-To Law Firm® of the Nation's Top 500 Companies."

"Go-To Law Firms®" are selected based on an ALM national survey of General Counsel of Fortune 500® companies and leading financial services companies, as well as through in-depth research and analysis of various public filings and resources. A number of firms are then selected as "Go-To Law Firms®." No law firm can pay to be included in the list. The complete list of "Go-To Law Firms®" will be published in Corporate Counsel's nationally respected reference guide, In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies.

According to Corporate Counsel, Jones Walker was named to the list because four of the firm's clients that participated in the survey commended Jones Walker's representation in the following areas:

• Corporate Transactions/Mergers & Acquisitions
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation
• Securities

This represents Jones Walker's second time being named a "Go-To Law Firm® of the Nation's Top 500 Companies." In recent years, the firm also been named a "Go-To Law Firm® of the Leading Financial Services Companies" as well as a "Go-To Law Firm® of the World's Leading Companies."

ALM currently owns and publishes national and regional magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer®, Corporate Counsel®, and The National Law Journal®, among others. For more information about Corporate Counsel magazine and the "Go-To Law Firm®" listings, please visit www.alm.com.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. (www.joneswalker.com) provides a comprehensive range of legal services to a national and international corporate client base through offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.

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