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Mark Condon, Shamus O'Meara, Christopher Celichowski, Dale Thornsjo, and Paul Hopewell, bill at the partner rate. Morgan Godfrey, and Mark Azman bill at the senior associate rate, and Allison Haley bills at the junior associate rate. In addition, Sherrie Hunt, Sonia Munoz, and Lisa Harreld bill at the paralegal rate. We will not bill Lino Lakes for the work of our legal secretaries. We provide written fee and cost estimates for specific assignments when requested. In addition, when we send an initial evaluation report to a client, we routinely make a good faith estimate of the anticipated litigation expenses. It has been our experience this practice eliminates uncertainty and guarantees our clients are not unexpectedly surprised with their billing statements. As is customary in the profession, hourly fees cover an attorney's time and effort and are in addition to all reasonable costs and expenses (over our normal file overhead) incurred by the Firm during the handling of a file. These charges include a .25 cent per page copying fee, standard IRS mileage rates, and reimbursement for parking fees. Alternate billing arrangements Johnson & Condon prefers to bill hourly as described above, however, we would be willing to discuss other fee billing arrangements. Billing Statements Johnson & Condon will have no problem providing the City of Lino Lakes with monthly billing statements which fully comply with the City's following requirements: 1. Itemized dates of service; 2. Identity of the attorney or paralegal providing the services; 3. Time spent on each item/activity /service; 4. Detailed descriptions of the services performed; 5. Itemized fees for each service item; 6. Organized billing on the basis of activity and contact; and 7. Summarized monthly (and annually) costs by type of activity. CONCLUSION Shamus O'Meara, Mark Condon and the Johnson & Condon team would make an excellent choice to serve as City Attorneys for the City of Lino Lakes. We have actively represented municipalities and government agencies through all phases of liability and workers' compensation litigation. We recognize government agencies and municipalities are special clients with unique responsibilities and obligations to the constituencies they serve. That is why we offer superior legal services at a competitive professional rate and cost - effective solutions to disputes. 11