FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 4, 2008

KALBIAN HAGERTY LLPEXPANDS INTO SAUDI ARABIAWashington, DC

– Kalbian Hagerty LLP is pleased to announce a new strategic alliancewith the Abdulnasir Al Sohaibani Law Offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to provide legal servicesand business advice of the highest caliber to clients in Saudi Arabia, the United States andelsewhere around the world.Based in Washington, D.C. with a branch office in Abu Dhabi, Kalbian Hagerty LLP’slawyers have decades of experience representing foreign based groups in the United States aswell as serving as legal advisors in the Middle East/North Africa regions.The Abdulnasir Al Sohaibani Law Offices of Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, provideconsultations and professional legal services with respect to insurance, financial services,corporate law, commercial litigation, arbitration, franchising, banking, taxation, labor law, andShari’a law. Abdulnasir Al Sohaibani, the firm’s founder, has over twenty-five years of privatepractice experience and is one of the most respected lawyers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.“Kalbian Hagerty LLP’s new alliance with the Abdulnasir Al Sohaibani Law Officessignificantly enhances our cross-border capability and allows our firm the ability to offer first