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Exhibit 2.1

AMENDMENT TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

The Stock Purchase Agreement (the Agreement) dated as of July 15, 2002, by
and among Barrister Global Services Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation
having an address at 290 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York 14203-1679 (the
Buyer), the individuals whose names and signatures are set forth on the
signature page of the Agreement (referred to individually as Seller and
collectively as Sellers), and Advantage Innovation, Inc., a Louisiana
corporation having an address at 121 Brookhollow Esplanade, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70123 (the Corporation), is hereby amended, effective January 1,
2003, as follows:



|A. |  | Section 1.1(c), Earn Out Payments shall be deleted and replaced with
Installment Payments.
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B.     Section 1.2, the following items shall be deleted:

|                                   |  |  |     |     |  |  |     |    
|---------------------------------- |  |  | --- | --- |  |  | --- | ---
|Accounting Firm                    |  |  | 2.4 |     |  |  |     |    
|Division                           |  |  | 2.4 | (b) |  |  |     |    
|Earn Out Determination Date        |  |  |     |     |  |  | 2.5 |    
|Earn Out Payments                  |  |  | 2.3 | (a) |  |  |     |    
|Earn Out Periods                   |  |  | 2.3 | (a) |  |  |     |    
|EBITDA                             |  |  | 2.4 | (a) |  |  |     |    
|Sellers Accounting
Representative |  |  |     |     |  |  | 2.4 |    
|and the following inserted:        |  |  |     |     |  |  |     |    
|Installment Payments               |  |  |     |     |  |  | 2.3 | (a)
|Installment Payment Date           |  |  | 2.3 | (a) |  |  |     |    



|C. |  | Section 2.2(a)(ii) shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
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| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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| | The Installment Payments (as hereinafter defined) shall be paid by
Buyer to the Sellers no later than ten (10) days after each Installment
Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) in cash, or if requested by any
Seller, by wire transfer to an account specified by such Seller at least
three (3) days prior to the date payment is due.



|D. |  | Section 2.2(b) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
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| | (b) Allocation of the Aggregate Payment Amount. The Aggregate
Payment Amount will be allocated among the Sellers in accordance with
their respective percentage ownership of the Corporation as stated in
Schedule 2.2(b); provided, that in the event the amount of an Installment
Payment is reduced pursuant to Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement, then none
of such reduced Installment Payment shall be allocated to John S. Bowers,
III (Bowers) and all of such reduced Installment Payment shall be
allocated to the remaining Sellers in accordance with their respective pro
rata ownership percentages set forth in Schedule 2.2(b).

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|E. |  | Section 2.3 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
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2.3 Installment Payments.

(a.) Buyer shall pay to Sellers two (2) installment payments (each, an
Installment Payment and, together, the Installment Payments) to be paid in
the amount of $1,250,000 each (for a total of $2,500,000), with the first
Installment Payment due July 31, 2003 and the second Installment Payment due
July 31, 2004 (each, an Installment Payment Date).



| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (b.) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if Bowers)
employment is terminated by Buyer for Cause or by Bowers without Good
Reason, as defined in his employment agreement (it being understood that
Buyer is relying on Bowers continued involvement with the Business in
agreeing to the Purchase Price), then the Installment Payments not yet due
and payable shall each be reduced to $718,750 and such reduced Installment
Payments shall be allocated among the Sellers as set forth in Section
2.2(b) of this Agreement .



| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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| | (c.) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if Buyer (i)
sells any portion of the Business without Bowers consent on behalf of
Sellers, (ii) sells all or substantially all of Buyers assets or
completes a transaction for the sale, exchange or other disposition, in
one or more related transactions, of the majority of Buyers outstanding
shares, (iii) liquidates or ceases to conduct the Business prior to
July 31, 2004 (other than to integrate the Business into Buyers
business), or (iv) breaches any of its obligations under Bowers
employment agreement, and, after notice by Bowers, fails to cure such
breach, if such breach is curable, within thirty (30) days of such notice,
then. all unpaid Installment Payments (whether or not then due and
payable) shall be immediately due to Sellers and shall be paid within ten
(10) days following such event.



|F. |  | Section 2.4 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
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2.4 [INTENIONALLY OMITTED.]



|G. |  | Section 2.5 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
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2.5 [INTENIONALLY OMITTED.]



|H. |  | Section 2.6, first paragraph, Earn Out Payments shall be deleted and
replaced with Installment Payments.                        
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|  
|I. |  | Sections 7.6(c) and 8.9(d) shall be amended to delete pursuant to
Section 2.4(d).                                                 
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|J. |  | Section 9.11(c), Earn Out Payments shall be deleted and replaced with
Installment Payments.                                     
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|K. |  | Section 10.3, Operations of the Corporation/Division Post-closing, shall
be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

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| | 10.3 Operation of the Corporations Business Post-closing. After the
Closing, Buyer shall operate the Corporations business in any manner it
sees fit.



|L. |  | Section 10.4, Lease. Division shall be deleted and replaced with
Buyer.
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Except as amended by this Amendment, all other terms and conditions of the
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and Buyer have caused this Amendment to the
Agreement to be duly executed on their respective behalf by their respective
duly authorized officers, and the Sellers have duly executed this Amendment to
the Agreement, on this _31st     day of January, 2003. Any individual signing on
behalf of a corporation represents and warrants that he has power and authority
to bind the corporation.

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|BARRISTER GLOBAL SERVICES NETWORK, INC                                                             
|                                                                                                   
|BY: /s/ William O. Bray
        NAME:                                                              
|TITLE:                                                                                             
|                                                                                                   
|BARRISTER ADVANTAGE SERVICES LLC F/K/A
        ADVANTAGE INNOVATION, INC                           
|                                                                                                   
|BY: /s/ John S. Bowers, III
        
                JOHN S. BOWERS, III
                 PRESIDENT
|                                                                                                   
|/s/
        John S. Bowers, III
        JOHN S. BOWERS, III                                        
|                                                                                                   
|/s/
        Albert B. Petrie, Jr
        ALBERT B. PETRIE, JR                                      
|                                                                                                   
|/s/
        Frank A. Petrie
        FRANK A. PETRIE                                                
|                                                                                                   
|/s/
        Jared M. Bowers
        JARED M. BOWERS                                                
|                                                                                                   
|/s/
        Allen J. Shelton
        ALLEN J. SHELTON                                              

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