New York, New York - February 4, 2002 - Summation Legal Technologies, Inc. is happy to announce that Summation Blaze LG software now links to the recently released Sanction II, a popular trial presentation program by Verdict Systems, Inc. Summation's scripting component (available in all Summation Blaze LG products - Blaze LG, LG Gold, and iBlaze®) makes it possible for third party products to integrate with Summation Blaze LG software.

"Summation's support of scripting in Blaze LG software greatly enhances the capabilities of Third Party developers willing to make the effort. Our development team has spent a great deal of time ensuring a transparent and seamless integration between our two products, and we are delighted with the result," says Verdict Systems Director of Development Andrew "Carp" Carpenter.

"A Summation user can now drive trial presentation through Sanction, from within Summation, using familiar Summation controls," said Jon Sigerman, an AV rated litigator and President of Summation Legal Technologies, Inc. "An example, which is quite spectacular to see, is the on-the-fly creation and presentation of a video deposition segment. A desired segment is highlighted in Summation's transcript window (e.g. the segment could have been uncovered via Summation's integrated search/zoom), followed by a Summation right mouse click to launch the synchronized video clip in Sanction's presentation mode on the trier of fact's monitor. The Summation/Sanction scripting link provides other synergies for quickly and effortlessly finding, bundling, and presenting the documents and testimony that make or break a case."

Users of Summation Blaze LG and Sanction II will appreciate the following cross-functionality:

• Add and display documents in Sanction II directly from Blaze LG
  Users can send all or portions of image information from Blaze LG to Sanction by selecting the appropriate option from the right-click menu.
  
  
• Display items directly in Sanction II's presentation mode from Blaze LG
  With common image information located in both the Blaze LG and Sanction II databases, Blaze LG can be used as a search and retrieval platform for Sanction II's presentation mode. Simply right-click on the document you wish to display, select "Display in Sanction II Presentation Mode" and the image launches into the Sanction II presentation screen. This functionality can also be used in a dual monitor environment where Blaze LG is running on the control monitor and Sanction II's presentation mode is running on the display monitor or projector.
  
  
• Add existing Blaze LG transcripts to Sanction II individually or in batch
  Copying a transcript from Blaze LG to Sanction II allows users to synchronize the court reporters transcript to a digital video file using Sanction's video-to-text synchronization capabilities. You can likewise export transcripts from Sanction II into Blaze LG. Synchronized text is displayed directly in the Blaze LG transcript window.
  
  
• Create media clips directly from Blaze LG using Sanction II's new Video Viewer
  When Blaze LG and Sanction II have a common transcript loaded in both programs and the transcript is synchronized to a video deposition in Sanction II, you can make clips that display in Sanction II from Blaze LG.
  
  
• Import Blaze LG summary fields directly into Sanction II coding fields

As of February 4, 2002, users of Summation Blaze LG products will also have three ways to extend their capabilities with brand new Sanction II ActiveX products: SII Image Viewer, SII Media Viewer, and the full version of Sanction II. With the SII Image Viewer and SII Media Viewers, images and digital video can be loaded, viewed, manipulated, marked-up and saved back directly to Sanction II case databases, stored on a network for use later in preparation for possible presentation at trial.

For a full list of Summation Blaze LG/Sanction II functionality, visit www.verdictsystems.com or call Summation at 800.735.7866.

About Verdict Systems
Verdict Systems provides powerful, easy-to-use software, technical consulting and support services affordably priced for small to mid-sized law firms. Its flagship product, Sanction, is a totally integrated, flexible Windows-style® document management, digital presentation system that includes free technical support and upgrades for less than the cost of an average deposition. In addition to innovative software solutions, Verdict Systems also provides trial consulting and video conversion to CD-ROM. To find out more about Verdict Systems or to purchase its software directly, visit www.verdictsystems.com. Verdict Systems software is also available through a nationwide network of resellers.

About Summation
Summation Legal Technologies, Inc. is a privately held company based in San Francisco, California, where it pioneered PC-based integrated litigation support software in 1988. The company's products are now in use by over 50,000 litigation professionals in law firms large and small, in corporations, and in government agencies. These products have been used in many high profile cases, such as the Department of Justice's case versus Microsoft led by David Boies (see BusinessWeek, 3/15/99). Summation is a recognized leader in its field, and has won numerous awards, including Law Office Computing's Readers' Choice Award (six consecutive years); top billing in litigation support in the AmLaw Tech Survey of America's top 100 law firms (three consecutive years); the Legal Assistant Today Technology Survey (three consecutive years); and the TechnoLawyer "@" award (three consecutive years). For more information on Summation products, visit www.summation.com, or call 800.735.7866.