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• b. Other Support Personnel • Our Firm's support staff totals 18 persons in administrative, accounting, and secretarial work. The Firm's administrator oversees the day -to -day administration of the Firm. The Firm also has a law clerk to assist our attorneys in researching City issues. 4. Office Organization and Support Capabilities • Kennedy & Graven is a professional corporation consisting of thirty -six lawyers. The Firm is run by an Executive Committee, which consists of five members including the Firm's President, from the Firm's Board of Directors, who serve staggered two -year terms. A full -time office administrator reporting to the President and the Executive Committee is responsible for the implementation of the directives from the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and for • overseeing the day -to -day operations of the Firm. Secretaries are assigned to designated attorneys. Law clerks and paralegals are available to all attorneys on an as- needed basis. • • 5. Office Locations 470 U.S. Bank Plaza 200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 (612) 337 -9300 telephone (612) 337 -9310 fax 1- 800 - 788 -8201 toll free Suite 320 501 W. Germain Street St. Cloud, MN 56301 1- 320 - 240 -8200 telephone (by appointment) 6. Statement of Malpractice Claims, Ethics Complaints Suite 700E Six West Fifth Street St. Paul, MN 55102 (651) 223 -2840 telephone (651) 224 -8328 fax (by appointment) The Firm has one malpractice issue arising from its government services. In 2007, the Firm failed to obtain service of a condemnation action prior to the effective date of statutory changes. The Firm promptly notified the client, recommended another firm to handle the condemnation case at issue and secured the cooperation of its insurance carrier. As well, we reviewed how the mistake arose and have taken corrective action to insure the problem will not arise again. While the matter remains active because the underlying condemnation action has not reached completion, we believe the city's interests have been protected. The city remains a client of the Firm. There are no ethics complaints /actions pending review by the State Ethics Board relating to any of our attorneys. 7. Malpractice Insurance The Firm carries professional liability insurance with Navigators Insurance Company, with policy limits of $5,000,000 per claim and $5,000,000 annual aggregate. The policy does not contain exclusions beyond those standard in the industry for this type of policy.