SAN DIEGO, Jul 27, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --  Esquire Communications Ltd.
("Esquire")(OTCBB:ESQS) announced today that the company has engaged Houlihan
Lokey Howard & Zukin; an investment banking advisory firm, to assist in
developing and pursuing alternative financing and strategic options.
 
Esquire is the nation's leading provider of court reporting services to law
firms, insurance companies, and corporations through its owned offices located
in 24 markets in 11 states and the District of Columbia. In certain markets,
Esquire also provides permanent and temporary staffing of financial and legal
professionals, legal video services, records retrieval, process service and
document depository services. For more information about Esquire Communications
Ltd., please visit the company's website via the Internet at www.esquirecom.com.
 
Statements used in this press release that relate to future plans, events,
financial results or performance are forward-looking statements as defined under
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ
from those anticipated as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including
but not limited to the market acceptance of current and future services,
competitive pressures, and investment risks, costs and potential disruption of
acquisitions, as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to
time in the company's periodic reports on forms filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking
statements. The company undertakes no obligation to republish revised
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof of to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
 
 
 CONTACT:          Esquire Communications Ltd.
                   Renee L. Grable, 714/569-3393