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LIONEL SAWYER & COLLINS ATTORNEYS HONORED IN BEST LAWYERS 2009

Release Date: September 25, 2008

Contact: Trish Ham

LAS VEGAS, NV - More than half of Lionel Sawyer & Collins' shareholders have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 and the Firm has been ranked in the top tier of U.S. law firms in the area of Gaming Law.

Best Lawyers, one of the preeminent legal referral guides in the U.S., selected 22 of Lionel Sawyer & Collins' attorneys for inclusion in its 2009 listings, which gives the Firm the distinction of having the greatest number of attorneys listed of all Nevada law firms included in the guide. In addition to being acknowledged as a top U.S. law firm for Gaming Law, Lionel Sawyer & Collins is also top-ranked in Nevada for the following practice areas: Administrative Law, Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Franchise Law, Gaming Law, Health Care Law, Information Technology Law, and Real Estate Law.

Sam Lionel, listed in Best Lawyers for more than 25 years, was recognized in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Corporate Law.

The 21 other Lionel Sawyer & Collins attorneys named to Best Lawyers are:

In Las Vegas: Richard H. Bryan (Government Relations Law); Robert D. Faiss (Gaming Law); Cam Ferenbach (Commercial Litigation); David N. Frederick (Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation); Lynn S. Fulstone (Health Care Law); Mark H. Goldstein (Real Estate Law), listed in Best Lawyers for more than 10 years; Paul R. Hejmanowski (Commercial Litigation), listed in Best Lawyers for more than 20 years; Todd E. Kennedy (Commercial Litigation); Malani L. Kotchka (Labor and Employment Law); Paul E. Larsen (Franchise Law); Gregory E. Smith (Labor and Employment Law); Todd M. Touton (Construction Law); Ellen F. Whittemore (Gaming Law and Information Technology Law); and Jeffrey P. Zucker (Real Estate Law), listed in Best Lawyers for more than 25 years.

In Reno: Colleen A. Dolan (Real Estate Law), listed in Best Lawyers for more than 10 years; Shawn M. Elicegui (Administrative Law, Energy Law); Craig E. Etem (Real Estate Law); Dan R. Reaser (Energy Law; Gaming Law); Jennifer A. Smith (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law); Harvey Whittemore (Energy Law, Government Relations Law); and Allen J. Wilt (Commercial Litigation).

Since its inception in 1983, The Best Lawyers In America has become widely regarded as one of the definitive guides to legal excellence in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review survey of thousands of top attorneys throughout the country, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Lionel Sawyer & Collins is Nevada's largest law firm. The Firm, with offices in Las Vegas, Reno, and Carson City, Nevada, and Washington, D.C., offers a full range of legal services, including gaming and regulatory law, litigation, commercial transactions, environmental, labor and employment, bankruptcy, banking, trusts and estates, health care and corporate law. For more information about Lionel Sawyer & Collins' practice and attorneys, visit our website at www.lionelsawyer.com.

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