January 6, 2005

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BUCKLEY KOLAR LLP RANKED BY BTI CONSULTING GROUP AS CLIENT SERVICE LEADER; JERRY BUCKLEY NAMED CLIENT SERVICE ALL-STAR

Buckley Kolar LLP of Washington, D.C. has been recognized as a client service leader by BTI Consulting Group in its annual “Survey of Client Performance for Law Firms.” Buckley Kolar was included in BTI's “Client Service A-Team” and noted for excellence in multiple categories including: Client Focus, Commitment to Help, Understanding the Client's Business, Providing Value for the Dollar, Breadth of Services, Advising on Business Issues, Quality Products, Dealing with Unexpected Changes, Handling Problems, and Anticipating Client Needs.

“Our firm is honored to have been nominated to the BTI Client Service A-Team during our first year of operations. We appreciate the confidence our clients place in us and believe BTI's survey affirms that an in-depth, specialized understanding of clients' business and legal needs and the efficient provision of targeted legal advice is valued” said Buckley Kolar partner John Kromer.

In addition, Jerry Buckley, a founding partner of Buckley Kolar, was one of only 114 attorneys nationwide named a member of “The 2005 BTI Client Service All-Star's” team for law firms, and was identified by a client as “delivering truly outstanding and superior service.” Mr. Buckley's practice focuses on financial services law with a concentration on federal and state regulation of financial services transactions, including transactions in electronic commerce. In addition to acting as counsel to many of the nation's leading financial services providers, Mr. Buckley acts as general counsel of the Electronic Financial Services Council ( www.efscouncil.org ) and recently coauthored a book titled The Law of Electronic Signatures and Records. Before entering private practice, Mr. Buckley was Republican Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Banking Committee.

The BTI Consulting Group is a leading supplier of strategic information to the legal services industry and advises senior executives on issues related to business and client development. BTI held over 200 open-ended, unprompted interviews with corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies on a broad range of issues, including client service, to produce this annual survey.

About Buckley Kolar

Buckley Kolar LLP is a law firm dedicated to providing the highest quality legal services to the financial services industry. Based in Washington, D.C., Buckley Kolar has a national practice, providing regulatory counseling, enforcement, transactions, and legislative services to many of the country's leading banks, non-bank consumer lenders, securities brokers, mortgage companies, real estate settlement services providers, technology vendors, financial services trade associations, and home builders, with an emphasis on both consumer financial services and the electronic provision of financial services. Additional information regarding Buckley Kolar, its practice and its attorneys is available at www.buckleykolar.com .

The BTI Client Service A-Team 2005

The BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms 2005

www.buckleykolar.com.