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WASHINGTON, DC – January 20, 2006 Nationally respected Washington, DC antitrust lawyer, John J. Miles, was one of nine lawyers recently selected by Nightingale's Healthcare News for its "Outstanding Healthcare Antitrust Lawyers" list.

A principal in Ober|Kaler's Washington, DC office, Mr. Miles has more than thirty years of experience practicing antitrust law in the health care sector. His clients include hospitals, health systems, hospital networks, large physician practices, and physician networks. Mr. Miles is particularly adept with the antitrust ramifications of different types of collaborative transactions, including mergers, virtual mergers, joint ventures, and networks.

Mr. Miles is the past chair of the American Health Lawyers Association's Antitrust Practice Group and former vice chair of the ABA Antitrust Law Section's Health Care Committee. He wrote and updates a four-volume treatise on health care antitrust law entitled Health Care & Antitrust Law, published by West Group, and has written and co-written numerous other books, book chapters, law review articles, and shorter articles and papers dealing with antitrust issues.

Before earning his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law (magna cum laude, 1973), Mr. Miles graduated from Virginia Tech, earning his M.A. in 1971, and his B.S. in 1968.

Mr. Miles is a former Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, where he focused on health care antitrust enforcement. He also served as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Virginia Attorney General's Antitrust Unit.

Mr. Miles is a member of the American, District of Columbia, and Virginia State Bar Associations.

He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

About Ober|Kaler
With thirty-four attorneys dedicated to the practice, Ober|Kaler's Health Law Department is among the largest health law practices in the nation. A pioneer in the industry, the department celebrated its 30th year of service to clients in 2005.

Ober|Kaler is a national law firm providing integrated regulatory, transaction and litigation services to financial, health care, construction, and other business organizations. The firm has more than 125 attorneys in offices in Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Falls Church.