Mitratech to Provide FirstEnergy with TeamConnect Legal To Manage Matters, Monitor Risk, and Reduce Legal Expenditure

TeamConnect Legal’s Matter Management solution to help FirstEnergy meet business requirements and manage costs

LOS ANGELES, CA, May 23, 2006 - Mitratech, a leading provider of software solutions for legal departments to manage matters, risks, and to ensure compliance, today announced that FirstEnergy has selected TeamConnect Legal to optimize legal operations and support business strategies. After comprehensive competitive evaluations, FirstEnergy chose TeamConnect Legal for its unique ability to meet the FirstEnergy legal team’s reporting needs in a user-friendly format.

“As our business continues to grow and reporting requirements increase, it is important to have a system that provides a real-time holistic view into pending matters as well as the ability to control legal spend," explained Gary D. Benz, associate general counsel at FirstEnergy. “TeamConnect Legal can provide us with that along with the flexibility to evolve as our business drivers and competitive pressures likewise evolve."

TeamConnect Legal will initially be implemented for 40 FirstEnergy users, to reduce the costs and time associated with managing legal matters.

“We are very excited to automate FirstEnergy’s legal department and to support their business strategies using our technology," said Afshin Behnia, President and CEO of Mitratech. “Industry experts agree that matter management solutions can reduce a company’s legal expenditures up to 20%. Our 18 years of legal domain expertise across industries, including Utilities & Energy, together with our superior technology gives us the competitive advantage required to implement a solution capable of delivering bottom-line results."

About Mitratech
Mitratech Holdings, Inc. is a leading provider of matter-centric legal solutions and on-line services for Fortune-size companies, staff counsel, and government agencies that represent the world’s leading enterprises. Mitratech's TeamConnect Legal Suite allows progressive legal departments to monitor litigation, asset, and compliance risk and reduce legal spend. Since 1987, Mitratech’s domain expertise and superior technology has enabled more than 250 organizations across all industries to take a business-focused and results-oriented approach to the challenges facing legal departments. For more information, please visit www.mitratech.com.