- Pitney Bowes Management Services Hosts Keynote Address by Scott Turow -

STAMFORD, Conn., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) announced today that Pitney Bowes Management Services will be the Diamond Sponsor at the 2004 Association of Legal Administrators Annual Conference and Exhibition, May 17 - May 20 in Philadelphia. The 33rd annual convention brings together legal professionals from across the country including legal administrators, practice support managers, managing partners and solo practitioners to learn how best to manage the business processes found in law firms and corporate legal departments.

"For over 20 years, Pitney Bowes has employed leading edge technologies and created vertical specific best-practices in the pursuit of helping our legal clients manage their mail and documents more effectively," stated Adam Glucksman, Vice President, Legal Markets, Pitney Bowes Management Services. "The challenge for today's legal professional is to continually provide clients with premier service in an increasingly competitive market environment, where the effective use of technology in managing the creation, production, distribution and archival of documents can act as the key differentiating factor between firms. Utilizing a trusted third party such as Pitney Bowes allows our law firms and corporate legal clients to focus more on their core business, and enables them to provide higher quality products and better customer service."

"Our main focus at Pitney Bowes Management Services is to provide our legal clients not only with the infrastructure to handle their mail and document needs but also with informed services that demonstrate we are the market leaders in understanding the subtleties of the legal market," stated Thomas Biegacki, Director of Legal Technology Solutions for Pitney Bowes Management Services.

As part of the sponsorship, Pitney Bowes Management Services will host keynote speaker Scott Turow. Attorney-turned-writer, Turow burst on the scene and achieved a life-long ambition with the publication of Presumed Innocent, a best-seller about the murder of a young prosecutor, in 1987. Turow's dynamic presentation will illustrate for attendees the importance of dedication to your dreams.

In addition, experts from Pitney Bowes Management Services will be on hand to discuss how to integrate tools and technology to efficiently transition from an analog to digital environment in managing your document workflow. These solutions include high-speed imaging, accurate document preparation and re-assembly, digital repository services and data conversion.

The Association of Legal Administrators' mission is to improve the quality of management in legal services organizations; to promote and enhance the competence and professionalism of legal administrators and all members of the management team; and to represent professional legal management and managers to the legal community and to the community at large.

Pitney Bowes Management Services provides critical document management, litigation support and records and information management solutions to the legal community and engineers integrated solutions for law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies. Pitney Bowes' 80-plus years of technological leadership has produced many major innovations in the mailing industry and more than 3,500 active patents with applications in a variety of markets, including printing, shipping, encryption, and financial services. With approximately 33,000 employees worldwide, Pitney Bowes serves more than 2 million businesses through direct and dealer operations. More information about Pitney Bowes can be found at www.pb.com.

     Contact:
     Christopher Tessier
     Manager, Public Relations
     203-351-7210
     Christopher.Tessier@pb.com
     www.pb.com

SOURCE  Pitney Bowes Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Christopher Tessier, Manager, Public Relations,
+1-203-351-7210, Christopher.Tessier@pb.com /
    /Web site:  http://www.pb.com /
    (PBI)

CO:  Pitney Bowes Inc.
ST:  Connecticut, Pennsylvania
IN:  OFP
SU:  TDS LAW

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