GIBBS & SOELL PUBLIC RELATIONS AWARDED

CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN ACCOUNT

-- Expands New York Professional/Financial Services Practice --

NEW YORK, September 22, 2008 ― Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP (www.clm.com), a leading law firm headquartered on Wall Street, has named Gibbs & Soell, Inc. Public Relations its agency of record.  Gibbs & Soell will work to promote the firm, its practice groups and key partners.  

Founded in 1854, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP is recognized as a premier general practice law firm specializing in many different disciplines.  Practice areas include corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, litigation, intellectual property, environmental, employment, media and technology, investment regulation, antitrust, trusts and estates, art, maritime, ERISA, exempt organizations, real estate, tax and bankruptcy law.

Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP represents market-leading companies, both public and privately held, as well as high net worth individuals and families.  The Firm, with approximately 120 attorneys, is based in New York City with an office in Washington, D.C.

“We are excited to be working with Gibbs & Soell and look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with them,” said Tom Davis, partner and executive committee member at Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP.

“Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP is one of the top general practice Wall Street law firms in the country,” added Cos Mallozzi, president and chief executive officer of Gibbs & Soell. “Our new relationship with them is a great win for our professional/financial services practice.”

Founded in 1971, Gibbs & Soell is the 12th largest independent public relations agency in the U.S. (O’Dwyer’s 2008 PR Agency Report).  Headquartered in New York City, G&S has full-service offices in Chicago and Raleigh.  The agency’s European operation, G&S GmbH, is headquartered in Zurich.  Pacific Rim partners include Cosmo PR in Tokyo and Inhere Communications in Beijing and Shanghai.  G&S’ Latin American partner is BitnerGoodman.  For more information, please visit www.gibbs-soell.com.

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