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• • services to Brainerd, Franklin, Victoria, St. Louis Park, and to the Brainerd Lakes Area Development Corporation, a non - profit serving the cities and towns in the Brainerd area. Mike's percentage of total work relating to municipal civil law in the last three years is 95 %. No litigation has been commenced against Franklin or Crystal while Mike has served as City Attorney. One case by homeowners challenging assessments for street/utility improvements was commenced in Victoria. The City prevailed in this matter. 2. Experience with the Firm Mike has been with the firm since 2003. Mike is a shareholder, has served on the firm's Executive Committee (managing committee), and is presently serving as president of Kennedy & Graven. Mike practices primarily in the Firm's Municipal Group. 3. Assistant City Attorney Corrine Heine would serve as the Assistant City Attorney for Lino Lakes and provide legal services in Mike's absence or unavailability. Corrine's biographical data is located at Exhibit B. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School and has spent her entire professional career representing local government units. She joined the LeFevere Lefler law firm in 1985 and became a director at Holmes & Graven in 1989. She has been a shareholder with Kennedy & Graven since 1995 and has served as a managing officer of the Firm twice since then. Corrine currently serves as the City Attorney for Cottage Grove and Richfield and handles real estate, eminent domain and data practices issues for many of the Firm's clients. She also regularly serves as special counsel to the City of Minnetonka on eminent domain matters. Corrine is certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Real Property Law Specialist. Since 2005 she has been recognized by her peers as a Law & Politics Super Lawyer. Over 95% of Corrine's total work in the last three years has been related to municipal civil law, primarily in the areas of general legal services, real estate and eminent domain. Corrine's litigation practice is primarily restricted to eminent domain matters. She has handled numerous eminent domain actions in the past five years for various clients, most of which have resulted in negotiated settlements and a few of which have resulted in commissioner awards. 4. Other Available Attorneys /Staff While Mike and Corrine will provide the bulk of the day -to -day services to Lino Lakes, Mike may assign City work to other attorneys in the firm as necessary to provide the most responsive and efficient services to the City. Attached as Exhibit C is a more comprehensive list of our attorneys and their respective practice areas and specialities. For example, Charlie LeFevre will be available for general public authority issues and particularly issues relating to special assessments for public improvement projects. Steve Bubul currently is the primary person providing public finance services to the City. Again, depending on the issue, any of our paralegals could be asked to assist the City, primarily in real estate matters in order to provide the best possible service to the City at the lowest reasonable cost. Cathy Rocklitz or Nancy 11