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1st-pick.com's Reaction to Unscrupulous Lawyers Further Traumatizing Firestone Victims

15 September 2000

1st-pick.com's Reaction to Unscrupulous Lawyers Further Traumatizing Firestone Victims

    SAN DIEGO, Sept. 15 Adding fuel to the fire, attorneys
with 1st-pick.com, (the only direct consumer source for experienced,
established, legal, medical and real estate professionals), report the
following.

    1. Florida attorneys receiving voluminous s e-mails from attorneys
       announcing their "availability" to accept Firestone referrals.

    2. Attorneys with significant tire litigation experience, report
       inexperienced attorneys telephoning to announce settlement of claims in
       the million dollar range, with neither the victims or the inexperienced
       attorneys realizing some cases worthy of a significantly higher amount.

    3. Attorneys experienced in these matters have also fielded calls from
       attorneys who accepted cases without realizing their office had a
       severe conflict-of-interest.

    To prevent "shark" abuse, and because all sides benefit from experienced
attorneys http://www.suingfirestone.com was created and will be limited to
twenty top attorneys in the areas of consumer advocates, personal injury and
defense of same.

    Contact information and a brief recap of expertise to those accepted to
date include:

       Gerald Sterns
       Bay Area, Ca.

       Most recent case:  Husain v. Olympic Airways
       Damages in the amount of 1.4 million the very first court victory in a
       second hand smoke situation based on a one time exposure.

       (The importance of this ruling goes beyond the airline industry,
       decision is also precedent setting in judicial interpretation of the
       term "Accident," as it appears in Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention.
       Airline was also guilty of "wilful misconduct")

       Gerald C. Sterns
       510.267.0500
       Stoneheng@trial-law.com

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       Hamp Skelton
       Austin, TX

       Hamp Skelton:  A skilled class-action defense attorney, outraged by the
       treatment of a veteran who saw combat in Bosnia but lost his job upon
       return.  Hamp successfully represented that individual.

       Hamp Skelton:
       512.651.7000
       hskelton@skeltonwoody.com

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       Gary Fergus
       San Francisco, CA

       Gary Fergus, cut his teeth in 1980 on Firestone's recall of their
       radial 500's Gary's expertise includes punitive damages.

       Gary Fergus
       415.442.1284
       gferus@brobeck.com