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About Trevor Oliver Mr. Oliver joined Kelly & Lemmons in June, 2005, after four and a half years on active duty with the Army practicing law as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. Mr. Oliver serves as the firm's lead prosecutor for the City of Little Canada (and previously for the City of Maplewood), and has been Patrick Kelly's primary assistant on city attorney work for Little Canada, Taylors Falls, White Bear Township, Eureka Township and Maplewood. Since the firm has begun its representation of the City of Gem Lake, Mr. Oliver has been the firm's primary attorney providing services to the city, especially in connection with the multiple annexation cases filed shortly before the city hired our firm. In a project started as part of addressing the annexation petitions, he is working with the City Council and Planning Commission on overhauling the City's zoning code and land use laws, which have been a historical point of friction between the City and its citizens. Mr. Oliver is the regular City Attorney appearing at Gem Lake public meetings upon request. He also continues to be the primary municipal law assistant to Mr. Kelly for our other municipal law clients, where he attends public meetings for which Mr. Kelly is unavailable. Mr. Oliver serves as our lead litigator on behalf of our municipal clients, most recently producing a favorable resolution for the City of Little Canada in a long - running dispute with the City of Vadnais Heights over sewer payments to the Metropolitan Council. In his related role as litigation counsel for Minnesota Teamsters Local 320, he has successfully defended the union against a discrimination claim (in conjunction with the League of Minnesota Cities, who defended the city involved), obtained a substantial settlement for a group of court employees in a labor contract dispute with the State of Minnesota, and has argued cases before the Court of Appeals relating to municipal labor issues on behalf of the union. Mr. Oliver obtained his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2000, graduating cum laude and serving as an assistant articles editor of the Minnesota Law Review. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1997 with a B.A. in political science. Mr. Oliver is licensed to practice before all Minnesota courts and the Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota.