Press Release

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Sept. 29, 1999--FindLaw, Inc., the leading Web portal focused on law and government, today expanded its Entertainment Law Center ( http://e.findlaw.com/), adding reviews by top lawyers and others of the most popular law-oriented television shows.

Leading the roster of reviewers is Anonymous, a former White House staffer, who is providing exclusive reviews of ``West Wing'' for FindLaw. Joining Anonymous are, among others, Mary Anne Wirth (``Law & Order''), who spent seven years as a Manhattan prosecutor and served in the Office of Independent Counsel with Kenneth Starr, and Julie Hilden (``Ally McBeal''), author of the memoir The Bad Daughter and a litigator in the prestigious Washington firm of Williams & Connolly, which defended Clinton in the Starr investigation.

In contrast to typical reviews, FindLaw's reviews will focus not only on story and character, but on how close the shows come to reality. As professionals with years of experience in their chosen field, FindLaw's reviews provide a new perspective.

Anonymous, who served in the White House for several years, had this to say about the premiere of NBC's highly-anticipated new show, The West Wing: ``It's no surprise that the show is, in many ways, blatantly inconsistent with the real thing. Martin Sheen as the President was a good pick, but his character is nauseatingly off-base. He's a little too corny, a little too self-aggrandizing, and a little too Papa Walton for the White House. In the final scene of episode one, Sheen snaps to a religious right group, 'Get your fat asses out of my White House.' This confirms that series writer Aaron Sorkin is falling back on Hollywood's blustery, 'Bullworth' view of the President. Let's get something clear here: No way would the President lose his cool in such an offensive, disrespectful manner. That's what staffers are for.''

And Dahlia Lithwick, a former family law attorney writing a novel set in a divorce firm, had this to say about Family Law on CBS: ``If Family Law wants to do for domestic relations law what The Practice or Law and Order do for criminal law, the writers need to dig deeper and hose down the fuzzy-cam. Divorce is ugly. Deal.''

``Year in and year out, law-related television shows get top Nielsen ratings,'' notes FindLaw CEO Tim Stanley. ``FindLaw reviews bring special knowledge of the subject of their commentary, providing greater insights into the reality behind the popular programs they review. We've assembled a group of lawyers and policy specialists who have something important to say about the subjects of shows such as Law & Order and The West Wing. Our reviews will give lawyers and non-lawyers alike a deeper, more probing perspective.''

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