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ThermoEnergy Announces the Engagement Of Nixon Peabody, LLP as Corporate Counsel

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 28, 2005—ThermoEnergy Corporation (OTCBB:TMEN) is pleased to announce the engagement of Nixon Peabody, LLP, of New York as general legal counsel to the Company. Nixon Peabody, LLP is one of the largest law firms in the United States, with offices in fifteen cities and more than six hundred attorneys collaborating across fifteen major practice areas.

"We looked at a number of firms, however their expertise and depth of experience in such specialty areas as corporate governance, securitization and structured finance, and technology and intellectual property, including energy and water, is a perfect match with our core business," said Dennis Cossey, ThermoEnergy's Chairman and CEO.

"The addition of Nixon Peabody is a key component of management's strategy to reposition the Company to better meet its immediate and long-term corporate goals," said Cossey.

About Nixon Peabody
Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest multipractice law firms in the United States, with offices in fifteen cities and more than six hundred attorneys collaborating across fifteen major practice areas. The firm's size, diversity, and state-of-the-art information systems enable it to offer a comprehensive, integrated range of legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. They were ranked second by Dow Jones & Company's Private Equity Analyst among leading law firms nationally for the number of private equity or venture capital funds they have negotiated and closed for general partners and limited partners in 2004. The firm moved up four positions from last year's rating with 169 funds closed, up from 103 in 2003. Additional information on the firm can be found on its website at www.nixonpeabody.com.

About ThermoEnergy
Founded in 1988, ThermoEnergy is a diversified technologies company engaged in the worldwide commercialization of patented and/or proprietary municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and power generation technologies. Additional information on the Company and its technologies can be found on its website at www.thermoenergy.com.