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and OSHA defense matters. Over the previous four years Chris estimates his practice has primarily been divided between 75% workers' compensation and 25% liquor liability. Chris has been voted a Minnesota Super Lawyer and a Rising Star by his peers, as well as enjoying an AV rating through the Lexis Nexis Peer Review Ratings, signifying very high to preeminent legal ability and very high general ethical standards. Dale 0. Thornsjo has over twenty -four years of litigation experience. Dale is a partner at Johnson & Condon and has been a member of the Firm for fourteen years. Dale concentrates his practice on defending clients delayed - injury damage cases in the toxic tort, environmental, products liability, construction and railroad arenas. Specifically, Dale defends clients in mass tort, complex litigation involving such diverse agents as asbestos, mold, damp buildings, building products, food adulterants, and other substances. Over the past four years Dale estimates his practice has been divided as follows, 50% in the area of insurance coverage, 30% in the area of construction litigation, and 20% in the areas of class action/mass tort litigation. Dale serves as the founding Co- Chairman of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association's ( MDLA's) Insurance Law Committee and is a past Chair of the MDLA's Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee. Dale also Chairs the Firm's Environmental Law Practice Group, and Co- Chairs the Insurance Coverage and Mass Tort Practice Groups. Dale has been honored by his peers as a Super Lawyer in Minnesota Law & Politics magazine for many years. Paul S. Hopewell is a partner at Johnson & Condon and has been a member of the Firm for eleven years. Paul focuses his practice on insurance- related civil litigation, primarily in the defense of automobile liability cases and insurance coverage litigation. Paul has also litigated a variety of premises liability, dog bite, construction, liquor liability, fraud, and general liability claims. Paul has focused his practice in the following areas of the law for the past four years: 60% motor vehicle liability, 25% insurance coverage, and 15% premises liability. Paul heads the Firm's No- Fault, Uninsured, and Underinsured Practice Groups and has been voted a Rising Star in Minnesota Law & Politics magazine on several occasions by his peers. Morgan A. Godfrey has over seventeen years of litigation experience, and a has been a member of the Firm for the previous nine years. Morgan's substantial trial and appellate practice includes the defense of municipalities in civil rights claims, contract litigation, construction litigation, sex, age, and race discrimination, and Federal Employment Liability Act (FELA) claims. Morgan also has experience litigating cases involving arbitrary and capricious failure to approve of rezoning, represented the City of Minneapolis on an inverse condemnation matter, and has litigated numerous 5"' Amendment takings cases. Over the past four years Morgan's practice has primarily been divided among the following five areas of the law: 40% employment law, 20% zoning, property and real estate law, 20% contract law with special focus in the education and construction areas, 15% in the area of state and federal laws relating to municipal government, and 5% in general municipal law. Mark R. Azman has been a member of the Firm since 1999 and has practiced law since 1993. Mark represents and advises public entities and school districts in litigation and transactional matters with a particular focus in the areas of public sector and construction law. Mark has also represented 8