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George F. Borer George is licensed to practice law in the State of Minnesota and was admitted to the Minnesota State Bar in 1980. He is also admitted to practice in the federal courts and is member of the American, Minnesota, and Ramsey County Bar Associations. George is also certified as a Real Estate Property Specialist by the Real Property Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. George 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 educational background includes the University of Minnesota (B.A., 1975) and William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1980). George started clerking with the firm while at William Mitchell in 1978. After graduation in 1980, he joined the firm as an associate and became a partner /shareholder in 1983. During his years with the firm, George has provided extensive civil legal services for cities in all areas of local government work. For example, George was involved in a Blaine case involving a special assessment appeal. The Anoka County District Court upheld the assessment relating to the Buzick property. The Minnesota Appellate Court agreed. The Minnesota Supreme Court also agreed. George has assisted other attorneys in the office in several cases relating involving our municipal clients: (1) Successful defense of defamation action against the City and City Council by bingo hall license holders; (2) U.S. District Court approval of a city denial of a bingo hall license applied for; and, (3) working with Paul Ostrow of our office in the trial and appeal of the case, entitled "SuperAmerica Group, Inc., a division of Ashland Oil, Inc. vs. City of Little Canada ". The Ramsey County District Court upheld the denial of the conditional use permit by the City Council. The Minnesota Appellate Court agreed. The Minnesota Supreme Court denied review of the decision. George also has extensive experience in commercial lending and related legal matters. He represents several banks and routinely handles commercial real estate loans, real estate closings, and actions involving real estate including foreclosures, condemnation, quiet title actions and boundary disputes. George's knowledge and experience in this area of law has proven useful to our municipal clients who are routinely involved in buying and selling real estate and other actions involving land use. 2. Prosecuting Attorney - Criminal Sweeney, Borer & Sweeney proposes to provide criminal legal services to the City of Lino Lakes as follows. Patrick Sweeney will serve as the contact person relative to general prosecution services and serves as the firm's supervising prosecuting attorney. Joseph J. Murphy would be the primary "in court" prosecuting attorney. Robin Tomney would also assist in the handling of prosecution and court appearances as necessary. 9