Stuart Maue Appointed Fee Auditor for Winn-Dixie Bankruptcy

SAINT LOUIS, MO, December 1, 2005 - ­ Stuart Maue, the nation’s oldest and premier legal auditing firm, announced today that it has been appointed as Fee Examiner in the Winn-Dixie Bankruptcy in the Middle District of Florida. Stuart Maue has been appointed as fee examiner on numerous high-profile bankruptcies in the past years including, but not limited to, the following:

San Jose Medical Management filed in the Northern District of California

Candescent Technologies filed in the Northern district of California

Condor Systems filed in the Northern District of California

Globalstar Capital Corporation filed in the District of Delaware

SonicBlue, Inc. et al. filed in the Northern District of California

Stone & Webster, Inc. et al., Chapter 11, filed in the District of Delaware

Kmart Corporation Chapter 11, filed in the Northern district of Illinois.

Bennett Funding Group Chapter 11, filed in the Northern District of New York.

FoxMeyer Company Chapter 11, filed in the District of Delaware.

Montgomery Ward Company Chapter 11, filed in the District of Delaware.

County Seat Chapter 11, filed in the District of Delaware.

Discovery Zone Chapter 11, filed in the District of Delaware.

Phar-Mor Chapter 11, filed in the Northern District of Ohio.

Hexcel Steel Chapter 11, filed in the Northern District of California.

Hanlin Group Inc. Chapter 11, filed in the District of New Jersey.

El Paso Electric Company Chapter 11, filed in the Western District of Texas.
Stuart Maue will provide the court with detailed exhibits for all case professionals in the Winn-Dixie bankruptcy and for those aspects of the fee application that are deserving of emphasis.

This will enable the court to review fee applications filed by the case professionals in the bankruptcy case. The exhibits, which will display individual billing entries, can highlight those billing entries not in compliance with court-established guidelines and other billing deserving of further review prior to any final payment decision.

“Once again Stuart Maue’s expertise, national reputation as a Fee Examiner, and our state-of-the-art computer auditing system, has enabled us to be selected for this important bankruptcy matter,” said Dr. Harry J. Maue, founder of the legal auditing industry and President and Chief Executive Officer of Stuart, Maue, Mitchell & James, Ltd. “We are very proud of our track record and our ability to assist the U.S. Trustee in the performance of their duties by providing them and the courts with this vital auditing role.”

Stuart, Maue, Mitchell & James, Ltd., a privately held company, is the nation’s oldest legal auditing firm. Founded in 1985, Stuart Maue is involved in significant attorney fee cases throughout the nation providing expert analysis and testimony as well as factual exhibits displaying detailed examples of unauthorized or questioned billing. Stuart Maue also serves as court appointed Fee Examiner in numerous national bankruptcies fee shifting cases and provides software and its legal auditing expertise to insurance companies and corporate legal departments to assist with assuring compliance with client-established billing guidelines.

Stuart Maue also develops software programs such as LIBRA Connex™ to assist its clients in facilitating these compliance processes. Its corporate headquarters are at 3840 McKelvey Road, Saint Louis, MO 63044. Telephone (314) 291-3030. For more information see the firm’s Web site at http://www.stuartmaue.com.

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Bradley J Maue

Vice President of Systems

Stuart Maue (SMMJ)

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