1.   Like most securities lawyers contacted for this article, Lagemann gives the New York Stock Exchange high marks for efficiency and staff professionalism in its handling of arbitration cases.

2.   Lawyers are contacting adversaries and going through court records to obtain copies of lost filings.

3.   Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. paid little attention to the debate over silicone breast implants until about four months ago, when he was contacted by a lawyer.

4.   She says lawyers contacted her after finding her mother buried where Cohen had been.

5.   The lawyers contacted the employer, who settled for an undisclosed amount.

6.   The lawyer then contacted the Salaverris in Lynnfield, who had hired him to facilitate an adoption.

7.   After the plaintiff lawyers contacted the FBI, an agent posing as a defense lawyer sent an e-mail response saying he was interesting in seeing the entire plan.

8.   He has also had his lawyer contact the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague, which unsealed his indictment earlier this year, a prosecutor said.

9.   Olivetti said that its lawyers have contacted Consob to press its demand that Telecom Italia make public immediately all the information relative to the meeting.

10.   The lawyer also contacted public defenders in Massachusetts, who discovered the case was one of their own.