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Perkins Coie Selects Elite 3E to Support Continued Growth

International Firm Finds Advanced Platform after Outgrowing Legacy System

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24, 2010 – Seattle-based Perkins Coie recently chose ELITE 3E to upgrade its financial and practice management system. With more than 700 lawyers in 17 offices across the United States and in China, Perkins Coie serves great companies ranging in size from start-ups to FORTUNE 100.

Aware that its legacy system was due for an upgrade, Perkins Coie undertook an in-depth evaluation of financial and practice management systems aimed at large law firms. Based on input from legal, administrative, and technical stakeholders within the firm, Perkins selected 3E as its platform to manage the firm's continued growth. Perkins Coie believes 3E’s core technology platform is consistent with Perkin’s forward-thinking goals and strategies.

The firm’s committed and diverse team of corporate attorneys, years of experience in the industry, and extensive legal expertise comprise a winning formula that has earned the firm a series of accolades, including FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for eight consecutive years (2003 - 2010), ranked #1 for diversity efforts by the Minority Bar Association of Washington, received the Corporate Partnership Award for Supporting People With Disabilities and had 141 lawyers named among the "Best Lawyers in America" (2010).

“3E continues to gain momentum in the market because of its advanced architecture built with the power and flexibility for today’s fast-moving law firms,” said Kim Massana, president of Elite. “We are excited to be working with Perkins Coie to help support the firm as they continue to grow.”

3E offers powerful core financial and practice management features and built-in application development capabilities—all seamlessly integrated into one high-performance system. Designed from the ground up on Microsoft .NET, 3E provides an integrated development environment that enables firms to become more agile in responding to client needs. A full suite of capabilities is delivered through a consistent web-based user experience that allows staff to easily track and manage activity on a multi-office, global scale.

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About Perkins Coie LLP
With more than 700 lawyers in 17 offices across the United States and in China, Perkins Coie represents great companies across a wide range of industries and stages of growth—from start-ups to FORTUNE 100 corporations. For more information, visit http://www.perkinscoie.com

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About Elite
Elite is a leading provider of integrated information solutions to professional services firms worldwide. Elite is part of Thomson Reuters and is a premier provider of financial and practice management systems to the legal industry and to other professional services markets, including accounting, marketing services, and management and IT consulting. For more information, visit www.elite.com.

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minn., Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. For more information, visit www.thomsonreuters.com.