Mintz Levin Selects Innovative Enterprise Search Solution

Top U.S. Law Firm Adopts Contact Networks to Enable Lawyers to Better Leverage the Extended Networks of their Colleagues

Boston, MA -- April 18, 2005 -- Contact Networks (www.contactnetworks.com), a leading next generation enterprise search company, today announced that Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C., an Am Law 100 law firm, has selected Contact Networks' application to enable its entire staff of 450 attorneys to quickly find introductions and contacts from the extended network of relationships of their own colleagues.

"Over the past 70 years, we have built our practice on strong relationships with our clients. We continue to grow our Firm by focusing on our clients, delivering best-in-class legal advice, and leveraging our relationships," said Bruce Alltop, Chief Marketing Officer at Mintz Levin. "As one of the largest law firms in the country with an international footprint, we have a tremendous network. An application like this helps us actively manage this network."

Contact Networks offers the first private social networking application for corporations, allowing employees to share contacts with their colleagues in a secure and private system. The application is automated to discover and index relationships without requiring manual data entry or maintenance. Users manage their own participation and choose when it is appropriate to make introductions on behalf of their colleagues.

"We have over 900 employees in seven offices across the country and overseas. We know that we have relationships with thousands of firms and organizations, but had no way to catalog and search that information," added Alltop. "Now, when talking to a prospective client or just preparing a mailing list, we are able to instantly discover each relevant relationship and work as one team despite our size."

Contact Networks application is installed within Mintz' own secure corporate infrastructure. The patent-pending technology automates the process of creating and maintaining firm-wide contact lists. The technology saves hundreds of hours of manual data entry and updating. Beyond the time savings, it produces a database of corporate relationships and contacts that would otherwise go unused.

"In every organization, employees are asking their colleagues for helpful introductions every day. We are pleased that Mintz Levin has chosen Contact Networks to help them address this issue," said Geoffrey Hyatt, CEO of Contact Networks. "By saving hours of employee time, and discovering many more of their existing relationships, industry leaders like Mintz are able to see a quick return on investment."

About Contact Networks

Contact Networks is a leading provider of next generation enterprise search solutions. The application enables an organization to efficiently access and utilize the relationships that employees have to outside contacts and companies. Sales and client development teams discover introductions to target accounts that help win the deal. For more information about Boston-based Contact Networks, visit www.contactnetworks.com or call 617.305.7961.

About Mintz Levin

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC is a multidisciplinary law firm with over 450 attorneys and senior professionals in Boston, Washington D.C., Reston, VA, New York, Stamford, CT, Los Angeles and London.

Mintz Levin is distinguished by its reputation for responsive client service and expertise in the areas of bankruptcy; business and finance; communications; employment; environmental; federal; health care; immigration; intellectual property; litigation; public finance; real estate; tax; and trust and estates. Mintz Levin's international clientele range from privately held start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in a wide array of industries including biotechnology, venture capital, telecommunications, health care and high technology.

Mintz Levin was one of the first law firms to develop complementary consulting capabilities to provide complete solutions to clients' problems, including investment/wealth management, government, and public affairs. More information is available at www.mintz.com.