STOEL RIVES LAUNCHES VOLUNTEER CAMPAIGN TO CELEBRATE FIRM'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY Portland, OR — To mark the firm’s 100th anniversary, Stoel Rives attorneys and staff will embark on service projects for 20 charitable organizations throughout six major markets where the firm has offices. The program called "A Day to Make a Difference" will run through August 31, 2008. "Our clients and our communities have helped shape the history of the firm," said Beth Ugoretz, Firm Managing Partner. "Our firm’s 100th anniversary seemed like the appropriate time to give back to our communities in a significant way and at the same time project volunteerism among our employees." During the next several months, the firm’s more than 800 personnel will be invited to spend up to a day of paid time off to participate in a group volunteer project for a designated organization. A complete list of the 20 organizations is below. Service projects range from planting gardens to cleaning low-income housing and packaging food for the homeless. The volunteer campaign was announced at the firm’s anniversary reception held at the Oregon Historical Society late September. The event marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the law firm. More than 250 individuals including clients, community leaders, judges and Stoel Rives lawyers gathered to celebrate the firm's first century by enjoying a historical look at the City of Portland and the evolution of the firm. As part of this celebration, the firm announced the addition of an anniversary web page on its website at www.stoel.com coming soon. The web page will include the firm history, an interactive timeline, client profiles, and details for the Day to Make a Difference campaign. "Anniversaries present not only an opportunity to celebrate the past, but also an occasion to remember the values that have sustained us through the last 100 years and will fuel our success for the next 100," says Ron Lone, Stoel Rives Firm Chair. "I'm proud to show our on-going commitment to the firm’s communities in this way, and impressed by our personnel’s willingness to embrace this campaign." The following charitable organizations are participating in Stoel Rives’ Day to Make a Difference campaign: Portland, Oregon American Heart Association Campaign for Equal Justice (legal aid) CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) ChristieCare Habitat for Humanity Oregon Food Bank Sustainable Northwest Seattle, Washington Boys & Girls Clubs of King County Gilda’s Club L’Arche Noah Sealth of Seattle Mountains to Sound Greenway Sacramento California American River Parkway Foundation Habitat for Humanity Sacramento Loaves and Fishes Salt Lake City, Utah Red Butte Gardens The Road Home Minneapolis, Minnesota Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery People Serving People Boise, Idaho Idaho Food Bank Paint The Town Stoel Rives in Support of the Community: In a survey by the Portland Business Journal, Stoel Rives was ranked among Oregon’s top corporate donors to charity. The survey ranks prominent Oregon businesses based on their charitable contributions in 2005 (the 2006 survey had not been published). Stoel Rives ranked second for in-kind Oregon contributions (valued at $1.4 million), surpassed only by NIKE. Stoel Rives’ total in-kind contributions ranked third, with a value of $2.2 million. For cash contributions to Oregon charities, Stoel Rives ranked ninth, higher than any other law firm listed in the survey. About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing counseling and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. The firm has more than 350 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in energy, natural resources, environmental, litigation, corporate and intellectual property law. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.