Press Release: James Lee Witt Associates to Exhibit at 2008 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference
James Lee Witt Associates to Exhibit at 2008 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference
Will Showcase Service Offerings in Advance of Upcoming Hurricane Season
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), its Crisis Management and Preparedness Division, will be participating in the 2008 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference from May 12-16 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center. Mark Merritt, President, JLWA and Andrew Sachs, Vice President, Crisis and Consequence Management, JLWA will be on-site to exhibit Global Options Group's wide-range of service offerings.
Community leaders and organizations attending the conference are those who are regularly faced with emergency management related issues. JLWA regularly assists businesses and municipalities in a variety of ways, including business continuity and preparedness planning, debris removal, hazard mitigation, public assistance, training and exercises, and several other areas to help these individuals achieve their emergency management objectives. JLWA has extensive disaster response and recovery expertise in working with state and local governments, most notably assisting the State of Louisiana in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
"The Florida Governor's Conference is one of the most important conferences in the industry," said James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer, JLWA. "Florida has faced some of our country's worst destruction from hurricanes and we are available to meet community leaders and to offer preparedness and recovery solutions."
The theme for this year's conference, "Maintaining the Vigil While Preparing for the Inevitable" will address the challenge Floridians face heading into the 2008 Hurricane Season. While Florida has not faced any large-scale hurricanes in the past two years, the conference highlights the tools necessary to ensure that community leaders and their citizens are prepared for an event.
"This is an important Conference for anyone who has responsibility for emergency management not only within the state of Florida but in any Hurricane risk area, and James Lee Witt Associates is a respected leader who can provide the necessary solutions," said Dr. Harvey Schiller, Chairman and CEO of GlobalOptions Group. "Events such as the Florida Governor's Conference give us the opportunity to share information and best practices with others in the field of emergency management."
To learn more about James Lee Witt Associates Disaster preparedness services visit the GlobalOptions/James Lee Witt Associates exhibit at the Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference.
GlobalOptions Group
GlobalOptions Group, with headquarters in New York City and offices in 16 cities, is a provider of high-end risk assessment and mitigation services to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental organizations and high-profile individuals throughout the world. GlobalOptions Group's services currently include risk management and security, investigations and litigation support, and crisis management. These engagements take GlobalOptions Group staff around the world and are typically highly-sensitive engagements where GlobalOptions Group is interacting with senior leaders in corporations and governments. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic initiatives for corporations or governments. Additional information can be found at www.globaloptionsgroup.com.
Statements in this press release regarding the company's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1994, and as such, speak only as of the date made. To the extent the content of this press release includes forward-looking statements, they involve various risks and uncertainties including the successful integration of acquired businesses and revenue run rates.
Certain of these risks and uncertainties will be described in greater detail in GlobalOptions Group's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. GlobalOptions Group is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
| 
