Exhibit 99

THE DOLAN COMPANY REPORTS

FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END 2012 RESULTS

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 8, 2013) – The Dolan Company (NYSE: DM), a leading provider of professional services and business information to legal, financial and real estate sectors in the United States, today announced financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2012.

“For the year, our e-discovery business grew revenue by almost 17% while our default-related business, National Default Exchange, or NDeX, declined by 18%,” said James P. Dolan, chairman, chief executive officer, and president. “Our appellate services business, Counsel Press, remains a consistent and steady generator of free cash flow, as does our Business Information Division, which experienced a modest revenue decline in 2012,” Dolan said

“In the fourth quarter, our foreclosure related businesses were significantly affected by the reduced pace of referrals as new regulations and procedures were put in place. Both NDeX and our public notice businesses experienced negative operating leverage in the fourth quarter as we incurred depressed referral volumes. Fourth quarter results also were affected by almost $2 million of non-recurring items including severance. However, we remain excited by the growth opportunities in our e-discovery business, which saw strong performance.

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“In the fourth quarter, revenues at NDeX declined by 22% compared to last year. Although we were cautious about referral volumes due to the implementation of new federal guidelines, the pace of referrals was more depressed than anticipated. Each mortgage servicer is on its own timeline in handling the implementation of new regulations used to initiate foreclosure referrals. Further, the new national servicing standards, which were introduced in January of 2013, continue to cause delays and depress referral volumes. Given this, we have moved aggressively to cut costs. We believe the pace of foreclosure referral volumes will improve in the future, but predicting the timing and rate of that improvement remains a challenge. As the year progresses, we expect to benefit from price increases negotiated with some of our law firm partners. We also are seeking future opportunities to license our NDeX technology and infrastructure on a recurring fee basis in both new and existing markets,” Dolan said.

“Litigation Support Services, led by our e-discovery business, had another strong quarter. Litigation Support revenue grew by 12% year over year, including 14% growth in our e-discovery business. Similar to the third quarter, we saw a healthy balance of growth from both new and existing clients. We are excited about DiscoverReady’s integrated offerings of processing, technology services and cost-efficient managed review, and we will work hard to continue expansion of our client base in 2013,” Dolan said.

“Business Information revenue declined by 9% in the fourth quarter compared to last year, while public notice revenue declined by 17%. Public notice advertising felt the impact of the new federal mortgage default regulations, reversing a trend of stability and modest growth in the previous quarters of 2012. We believe the decline in public notice revenue is mostly timing related and should improve. Management of this division consolidated operations and reduced costs during 2012. Their hard work meant that Business Information free cash flow and margins remained relatively stable through 2012,” Dolan said.

“Due to the previously announced restructuring of our NDeX Florida operations in the third quarter, the Dolan Company will have a net operating loss for the year, which we estimate will result in a refund during the second quarter of 2013 of approximately $10 million for previously paid income taxes,” Dolan added.

“In the first quarter of 2013, the company strengthened its balance sheet by selling $17.5 million (face value) in 8.5% series B cumulative preferred stock, with proceeds used to reduce senior debt. We were pleased with investor response to the offering and to subsequent market support for the issue, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange as DM.PrB,” Dolan said.

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2013 Guidance

Due to the lack of near-term visibility into its NDeX default processing operation and the overall foreclosure-related environment, the company is providing only partial 2013 guidance. At this time, the company is providing revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance for its Business Information and Litigation Support segments. The company’s 2013 financial guidance is as follows:

This guidance presumes the following: 1) Litigation Support revenues will grow by high single digits to low double digits and Litigation Support adjusted EBITDA will grow modestly due to positive operating leverage; 2) Business Information revenue and adjusted EBITDA will be flat to down 5%; 3) depreciation expense will be $8.5-$9.0 million (including NDeX); 4) amortization expense will be $16.5-$17.5 million (including NDeX); 5) tax rate will be approximately 40%; and 6) fully diluted shares outstanding of 30.2-30.4 million shares.

This guidance excludes the effect of any M&A activity during the remainder of 2013, if such activity were to occur. It also assumes that there will be no additional material effect on results of operations from current or future government legislation, programs or investigations, or from lender-based programs or moratoria. These include, but are not limited to, programs, legislation, investigations and moratoria detailed in “Regulatory Environment” and “Risk Factors” in the company’s 2012 10-K, filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Fourth Quarter 2012

Financial results for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2012, and 2011 are as follows:

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Professional Services Division Results

The Professional Services Division provides specialized processing services to the legal profession through NDeX, Counsel Press, and DiscoverReady. NDeX is a leading provider of mortgage default processing services in the United States. Together, Counsel Press and DiscoverReady comprise the company’s litigation support services segment. Counsel Press is the largest provider of appellate services in the United States, and DiscoverReady provides outsourced discovery management, including document review, data hosting and processing services, to major corporations and law firms.

Division revenues for the fourth quarter were $44.8 million, a decline of 5.9% from $47.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. The decline was the result of much lower NDeX file volume, which was partially offset by stronger revenue at DiscoverReady.

NDeX received 41,700 mortgage default files for processing during the fourth quarter and generated $19.4 million in revenues. This compares to 60,300 files received for processing and $24.9 million in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2011. The total number of mortgage default files received decreased by more than 30% in the quarter compared to the fourth quarter of 2011.

Litigation Support contributed $25.4 million in revenues during the fourth quarter of 2012, an increase of 12.3% from the fourth quarter of 2011, with the e-discovery business growing 14.0%.

Direct operating expenses within the Professional Services Division increased 14.6% to $25.8 million during the fourth quarter of 2012, from $22.5 million for the same period in 2011. Fourth quarter direct operating expenses also were affected by $1.7 million of non-recurring items. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $15.4 million during the fourth quarter of 2012, roughly equal to the same period in 2011.

Business Information Division Results

The Business Information Division publishes print and electronic legal publications, business journals, court and commercial media and other highly focused information products and services, operates Web sites and produces events for targeted professional audiences in 19 geographic markets across the United States.

Business Information Division revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 were $18.2 million, an 8.8% decrease from $19.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. The majority of the decrease was driven by lower public notice revenue.

Direct operating expenses for the Business Information Division were $7.1 million during the fourth quarter of 2012, essentially flat compared to $7.2 million last year. In addition, selling, general and administrative expenses of $8.4 million were comparable to last year.

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Balance Sheet and Liquidity

As of December 31, 2012, the company held $3.5 million of cash and cash equivalents, compared to $0.8 million at the end of 2011. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the company generated $15.6 million of cash from operating activities and $13.1 million of free cash flow, which is defined as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures. Quarterly capital expenditures were $2.5 million. Days sales outstanding were 92.7 days for the fourth quarter of 2012, which was up from 85.7 days in the fourth quarter of last year. DSO increased primarily from a slowdown of payments received from NDeX’s law firm customers as they experience delays in the foreclosure process and taking files to sale. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the company generated $36.7 million of cash from operating activities and $29.2 million of free cash flow. Annual capital expenditures were $7.5 million.

Total debt outstanding at the end of the fourth quarter was $166.0 million, of which $137.5 million was under a term loan facility. Net debt was $162.5 million, down $13.1 million from the end of 2011. At December 31, 2012, the combined weighted-average interest rate on the company’s credit facilities was 5.3%. The leverage ratio at the end of the quarter was 4.2 times total debt to trailing twelve month pro forma adjusted EBITDA, up from 2.7 times as of December 31, 2011, but within the maximum of 4.5 times allowed under the senior debt covenants for that period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the term used to refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting in the United States. GAAP includes the standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions, and in the preparation of financial statements. In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, The Dolan Company reports the following non-GAAP measures:

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The Dolan Company provides these measures because it believes that they are helpful to investors in comparing year-over-year performance in light of certain non-recurring charges, and to better understand its operating performance and profitability, competitive position and future prospects. Non-GAAP measures should be considered in conjunction with the GAAP financial presentation and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP net income attributable to The Dolan Company. In addition, it should be noted that the company’s calculations of adjusted EBITDA, cash earnings, cash earnings per diluted share, and free cash flow may not be comparable to the calculations of such measures by other companies.

The following is a reconciliation of net income attributable to The Dolan Company to adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):

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The following is a reconciliation of net income attributable to The Dolan Company to cash earnings and cash earnings per diluted share (in thousands, except share and per share data):

Conference Call

The company has scheduled a conference call for Friday, March 8th, at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time (7:30 a.m. U.S. Central Standard Time). The dial-in number is (888) 517-2513, passcode 681 4229#. The call will be hosted by James P. Dolan, chairman, chief executive officer and president, and will include Scott J. Pollei, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Vicki J. Duncomb, vice president and chief financial officer. It will be broadcast live over the Internet and will be accessible through the investor relations section of the company’s Web site at www.thedolancompany.com. Interested parties should access the webcast approximately 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled start time to register and download any necessary software needed to listen to the call. Prior to the conference call start, a slide presentation highlighting points discussed in the fourth quarter and year-end conference call will be available through the investor relations section of the company’s Web site at www.thedolancompany.com. The webcast and slide presentation will be archived online and will be available at the investor relations section of the company’s Web site for a period of 21 days after the call. In addition, the company’s SEC Form 10-K is available via its Web site at www.thedolancompany.com, or investors can request a hard copy of the 10-K free of charge upon request.

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Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include statements related to the company’s “guidance” as well as statements using words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “convinced,” “continue,” “to come,” “will,” “may,” “estimate,” “assume,” “pursue,” “outlook,” “look,” “optimistic,” “goal,” “milestone” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to: our ability to fund our ongoing operations, repay our indebtedness, fund capital expenditures and make acquisitions; our ability to comply with covenants in our debt instruments; our ability to obtain waivers from our lenders of any failure to comply with covenants in our debt instruments or of events of default; our ability to amend our debt instruments in the future; the possibility that we may have to record significant charges to earnings as a result of impairment of our intangible assets; our ability to retain key personnel; the adverse resolution of a future lawsuit or claim against us; the failure or disruption of our proprietary case management software systems, our document hosting, processing, conversion and review systems, or our website and online networks; the possibility that the number of mortgage default files referred to us may decrease or fail to increase; the risk that our customers or their clients fail to timely pay us for our services, or at all; the effect of existing and future legislation, government investigations, litigation, court orders, settlements and client slow-downs on our mortgage default processing services and public notice operations; our ability to retain key customers and develop new customer relationships in our litigation support services segment and our mortgage default processing business; certain key personnel of our subsidiary NDeX are also shareholders and principal attorneys of our law firm customers and may at times have interests that differ from or conflict with our interests; the effect of changes in the economies and demographics of the markets that we serve; our ability to accurately value, successfully complete and successfully integrate acquisitions; and the other risk factors described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, which we expect to file with the SEC on March 8, 2013. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Robert J. Evans, Director of Investor Relations

(612) 317-9430

Bob.evans@thedolancompany.com

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THE DOLAN COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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The Dolan Company

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

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