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Pat is well known in the legal community for his aggressive representation of municipal clients, and his ability to resolve difficult cases successfully. Thomas M. Sweeney Thomas M. Sweeney has been licensed to practice law in the State of Minnesota since 1964, and is admitted to practice in the federal courts. Tom is a member of the American and Minnesota Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Urban, State, and Local Government Law and Law Practice Management Sections of the ABA. Tom is rated as an AV attorney in the Martindale- Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest rating of attorneys ranked by their peers in the United States. His formal education includes the University of St. Thomas (B.A., 1961) and the University of Minnesota (J.D., 1964). In 1964, Tom joined the law firm of Douglas, Sheets & Bell where he practiced in the area of municipal law and represented the City of Shoreview from 1965 to 1975. Tom represented the City of Isle from 1976 to 2001 and from 2003 to the present. Tom has represented the City of Blaine since 1972, and the City of Little Canada since 1982. Tom represented the City of Wahkon from 1977 until 1998. During the past nineteen years, Tom has spent approximately 100 percent of his time in the practice of municipal civil law. Few firms have experience as extensive as ours with such favorable results representing cities before the courts of this State. Tom represented the then Village of Shoreview in a special assessment case entitled "In re: Mackubin Street ", in which the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the street assessment levied by Shoreview for the improvement of Mackubin Street. Tom successfully defended special assessment appeals in the Cities of Blaine and Shoreview in the Ramsey County and Dakota County Courts, including a litigated assessment appeal case with the Mounds View School District. Tom represented the City of Blaine in a rezoning case relative to the expansion of Restwood Terrace Mobile Home Park in Anoka County District Court. The Minnesota Supreme Court remanded the case to the trial court for further consideration of the propriety of the denial of the rezoning by the City of Blaine. Tom represented the City of Blaine in a platting case in which the Anoka County District Court upheld the granting of a plat in the Cloud Drive/Radisson Road area. Tom has litigated several zoning cases, including Chandler v. Kroiss and Village of Shoreview. Shoreview prevailed at the trial level in Ramsey County District Court. The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the issuance of a special use permit by the Shoreview Council for the construction of apartments. Tom successfully represented the Village of Shoreview in several miscellaneous cases, including the subdivision of property, and the collection of connection charges from an apartment complex. This case entitled "McGlynn, Garmaker v. Shoreview" was tried in Ramsey County District Court. Similarly, Tom successfully represented Shoreview in a Ramsey County Court action contesting the results of a referendum relative to the construction of a new city hall. The Ramsey County District Court held that the one vote margin in favor of the referendum was valid and construction of the city hall was able to proceed. 8