Butler Rubin's James I. Rubin Named One of America's Top 500 Lawyers by Lawdragon...

Rubin Named to List for 2(nd) Year

CHICAGO -- James I. Rubin, a founding partner of Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd and a trial lawyer concentrating in reinsurance disputes for more than 30 years, has been named one of America's Leading 500 Lawyers by Lawdragon for the second consecutive year.

Members of the annual Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (www.lawdragon.com) are selected by a group of veteran legal journalists who cull through reports on tens of thousands of outstanding lawyers practicing in nearly 100 different practice areas. From those, Lawdragon selects nearly 3000 lawyers and judges as finalists, based on their sustained excellence and role in defining American law. The Lawdragon 500 are selected from those finalists, identifying those at the very top of the day's hottest practices and legal developments. According to Lawdragon, the recognition is the most elite distinction given for American lawyers and judges, with this top designation given to less than one-half of one percent of America's 1.1 million lawyers.

Additionally, in the recent 2007 Chambers USA Guide to American's Leading Lawyers for Business (www.chambersusa.com), Mr. Rubin was singled out for special recognition and individually ranked No. 1. He is recognized as one of the top reinsurance lawyers in the country and Chambers remarked, "He is considered to be just outstanding by clients who commend his immense litigation and arbitration skills."

Mr. Rubin received his A.B. degree from the University of Illinois in 1967 and his law degree from Loyola University Law School in 1971 where he was a member of the Loyola University Law Review, 1970-1971.

Lawdragon reports itself to be the fastest-growing legal community in the world, combining the content of a new media company with helpful ratings and critical reviews of lawyers and judges as well as free news. In addition to the Lawdragon 500, for which Mr. Rubin was selected, the company provides a Lawdragon 300 guide, a Lawdragon magazine and a weekly newsletter. More information about the company is available at www.lawdragon.com.

Formed in 1980, Chicago-based Butler Rubin has established itself as a well-known litigation boutique assisting clients nationally and internationally in the core practice areas of reinsurance and commercial litigation, including antitrust , competition law and opt-out antitrust litigation and legacy liability matters.

More information about the firm is available on its website at www.butlerrubin.com.