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counties, cities, and townships in suits involving election disputes, liquor liability, employment disputes, feedlots, roads, water law, and zoning. Over the past four years Mark's practice has been divided amongst the following six areas of the law: 40% education law, 40% construction law, 9% contract law, 5% employment law, 5% trial activity, and 1% property and real estate. Recently Mark co- authored an Amicus Brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a national client on important issues involving the Age and Discrimination in Employment Act. Mark has been honored by his peers as a 2008 Rising Star by Law and Politics Magazine. Allison R. Haley joined Johnson & Condon as a law clerk in 2005 and began practicing law with the Firm upon her admission to the Minnesota Bar in 2006. Allison concentrates her civil litigation practice in the areas of workers' compensation, commercial litigation, and general liability. Over the past two years, Allison's practice has been divided into the following four areas: 60% workers' compensation, 20% general liability, 10% construction litigation, and 10% motor vehicle liability. As a law student, Allison represented defendants in Hennepin County as part of the Misdemeanor Defense Clinic, worked on political asylum cases through the Asylum Law Project, and worked as an extern for a Hennepin County District Judge. Allison also co- authored a seminar titled Municipal Tort Liability and Subrogation in Minnesota (2005). Allison is an active member of the Minnesota Women Lawyers. Paralegals Sherrie Hunt obtained her B.A. in Criminal Justice from Valparaiso University with an Interdisciplinary in Sociology and Psychology. Sherrie is a Senior Litigation Paralegal and expert witness liaison at Johnson & Condon, with over twenty -five years of experience in the following areas of practice: liquor liability, municipal liability (primarily law enforcement liability), personal injury (including railroad asbestos exposure claims) and general municipal law. Twenty -four of Sherrie's twenty -five years as a Paralegal have been spent at the Firm. Sherrie has also served as the Corresponding Secretary for the Minnesota Paralegal Association Board of Directors, and on the Association's Continuing Education Committee as a member and the Chair. Over the last four years Sherrie estimates she has divided her time in the following four areas of the law: 20% liquor liability; 20% municipal liability; 50% personal injury; and 10% general municipal law. In addition, Sherrie has two years of experience doing social work as a Director of the Greenwich House for mentally and emotionally disturbed women, and one year of experience as an Intake Assessment Specialist with the Family Service of Racine. Sonia Munoz obtained her B.S. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and an A.S. Paralegal Degree from the Inver Hills Community College. Sonia has worked as a Paralegal for seventeen years, the last six with Johnson & Condon. Sonia's career in the last four years has been divided amongst the following six areas of law: 2% government liability, 2% premises liability, 2% employer liability, 32% motor vehicle liability, 31% general liability, and 31% in insurance coverage. Lisa Harreld obtained her B.S. in Paralegal Studies from Winona State University, with an emphasis in business and social service law. Lisa has over twenty -three years of experience as a 9