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BellSouth Corporation Signs on As a Member of the NAMWOLF Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program

Posted on: Friday, 22 October 2004, 08:00 CDT

ATLANTA, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) is pleased to announce that BellSouth Corporation has joined the NAMWOLF Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program.

"BellSouth has an active supplier diversity program and works constantly to expand participation by minority- and women-owned firms," said Marc Gary, General Counsel for BellSouth Corporation. "Working with NAMWOLF provides us a great opportunity to further increase the amount of business we do with minority and women-owned law firms."

Under the Corporate and Public Entities Partnering Program, interested corporations agree to set a goal of eventually expending a minimum of 5% of their outside counsel budget with minority and women-owned law firms. NAMWOLF strives to recruit and admit only those minority and women-owned law firms that have a track record of representing major corporations and public entities.

"NAMWOLF is enthusiastic about the partnership with BellSouth," stated Yolanda Coly, Associate Director of NAMWOLF. "Our organization strives to ensure that minority and women-owned firms have a full and fair opportunity to compete for legal work. Having the support of such a recognizable corporation is vital to our success," she added.

BellSouth Corporation ( http://www.bellsouth.com/ ) is a Fortune 100 communications services company headquartered in Atlanta, GA and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second largest wireless voice and data provider. Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial up and high speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R).

BellSouth is consistently recognized in its region as a champion of minority business development. BellSouth was recently named Corporation of the Year by both the South Regions Minority Business Council and the Florida Regional Minority Business Council. The Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council has given BellSouth its prestigious Crystal Award twice in the last three years and also honored key leaders in the procurement organization.

Nationally, BellSouth has been named for the past two years to DiversityBusiness.com's Div 50 listing of top corporations for multicultural business opportunities. For five consecutive years, BellSouth has ranked first on the NAACP's telecommunications industry report card, with supplier diversity performance being an increasingly significant differentiating factor.

The National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms ( http://www.namwolf.org/ ) was founded in June, 2001. It is a national trade association comprising a select group of minority and women-owned law firms who exhibit excellence in the legal profession. The primary aim of the organization is to advocate for the increased utilization of minority and women-owned law firms by major corporations and public entities throughout the United States.

National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms

CONTACT: Lindsay Brown of National Association of Minority & Women OwnedLaw Firms, +1-414-277-1139, lbrown@namwolf.org

Web site: http://www.namwolf.org/http://www.bellsouth.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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