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Paralegal and has been with our Firm since 1991. Over the last four years Lisa has spent approximately 85 -90% of her time working in the area of workers' compensation and the other 10- 15% in the area of municipal liquor liability /dram shop law. In addition to her professional work at Johnson & Condon, Lisa is very involved in community service with the City of Lino Lakes and Ramsey County. She has served as a New Brighton Commissioner since 2003, first on the Economic Development Commission, and currently she serves on the Park Recreation and Environmental Commission. Lisa was also a member of the Ramsey County Library task force in 2005, where she focused on the future of the Suburban Ramsey County Library System. Currently, Lisa participates in the walking and biking subcommittees for the Active Living in Ramsey County Program. Allocation of Work As the Lead City Attorney, Shamus will act as the primary point of contact between Johnson & Condon and the City of Lino Lakes. He will personally accept and evaluate all work the City of Lino Lakes directs to Johnson & Condon. Next, Shamus will allocate the work received to the most qualified and experienced attorney on our staff, based on the complexity of the case and the area of law involved. No matter to whom the work is allocated, Shamus will maintain a supervisory role over the assigned work to ensure each case receives the excellent standard of care and professionalism to which all clients of Johnson & Condon have grown accustomed. We have confidence in all our attorneys, from the most experienced partner to our newest associate. All of our attorneys are trial lawyers or emphasize motion practice, appellate or corporate work. Our partners handle cases of greater complexity while our associates tend to handle less complex cases. Partners utilize associate attorneys and legal assistants whenever possible to control our clients' costs. At Johnson & Condon, we recognize the City of Lino Lakes has an important obligation to its citizens as a steward of public trust and its taxpayers' dollars. Hence, we are committed to keeping legal expenses as reasonable as possible. We accomplish this important goal through the following process. We rarely have two attorneys work on the same file and try to have one attorney handle a file from beginning to end. It has been our experience that this practice tends to avoid duplication of effort. When it is necessary to have two attorneys work on the same file, we clear it with the client first. Moreover, although our attorneys often utilize the wealth of experience at their disposal through consultation with the other attorneys in our office, only one attorney customarily bills for these routine conferences. FEES Johnson & Condon will provide the City of Lino Lakes legal services at an hourly rate that breaks down as follows: Partners bill at $225; Senior Associates bill at $185; Junior Associates bill at $155, and Paralegals bill at $95 per hour. For billing purposes, our minimal billing increment is one tenth of an hour, or six minutes. 10