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June 30, 2008 Page 2 Mr. Dahlen was hired by our firm in September 2007, and after passing the bar in October of 2007, immediately began handling criminal prosecutions for our clients. He has had several court trials, jury trials, contested hearings, and has made numerous court appearances for arraignments, pre - trials, and omnibus hearings. Since becoming licensed in October Of 2007, Mr. Dahlen has appeared in court at least 2 -3 times per week, and has shown himself to be a very good attorney, and an exceptional criminal prosecutor. Our firm's consulting attorney is William Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins has been licensed to practice law in the State of Minnesota for over thirty-four (34) years. Most recently, Mr. Hawkins served as the attorney for the cities of Andover, Anoka and Lino Lakes. He has specialized in the practice of municipal law since the beginning of his law practice. During Mr. Hawkins' career, he has served as the criminal prosecutor for the cities of Andover, Lino Lakes, Champlin, Burns Township, St. Francis, Bethel, Centerville, Ham Lake and Oak Grove Township. Mr. Hawkins has served as the Andover City Attorney for over 33 years, the Lino Lakes City Attorney for 26 years, and the Anoka City Attorney for over 8 years. We have two legal assistants, Tammi Uveges and Holly Provo. Both Ms. Uveges and Ms. Provo have college degrees in paralegal studies and have been working as paralegals for over fifteen (15) and eleven (11) years respectively. Both Tammi and Holly have extensive experience in all aspects of criminal prosecutions, including preparation of complaints, witness interviews and file preparation for trial. As you can see, we specifically emphasize criminal prosecutions in our practice. Legal Library, Research, and Technological Capabilities We have subscriptions to Minnesota State Statutes, all Minnesota and Court of Appeals decisions, and are members of the Minnesota City Attorney List Service. Our onsite library contains, among other items, current and up to date publications of Minnesota State Statutes and criminal rules and procedures publications. We also make extensive use of the Anoka County Law Library for any additional publications we may feel are pertinent to our criminal prosecution practice. Technologically, all of our staff members have e-mail addresses, which allows for our sharing and editing of documents electronically, as well as promoting more prompt responses to our clients. In addition, I also have the ability to receive e-mails on my cellular telephone, which further assures that e -mails from our clients will be responded to promptly, even when I may be away from the office. Our entire staff also has Internet access, with computer links to various legal databases, that we may access, if necessary, to do legal research on behalf of our clients. Our office is conveniently located across the street from the Anoka County Courthouse, providing us with quick access to the courts and court administration for special court appearances, filings and review of court files.