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Patrick J. Sweeney Patrick J. Sweeney is licensed to practice law in the state and federal courts, and was admitted to the Minnesota State Bar in 1990. He is currently a member of the Ramsey County and Minnesota State Bar Associations. Pat is rated as an AV attorney in Martindale- Hubbell Legal Directory, which is the highest rating of attorneys ranked by their peers in the United States. Pat's academic training includes St. John's University (B.S., 1987) and William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1990). Pat originally practiced law with the firm of Krass & Monroe, where he was the lead prosecutor for municipalities located in Scott County, Minnesota. In this capacity, Pat was responsible for the prosecution of all petty misdemeanors, misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and ordinance violations for the cities of Savage, Shakopee, Belle Plaine, New Market and Elko. Since joining the firm in 1991, Pat has had extensive criminal prosecution experience. Pat has tried over 23 criminal jury trials and countless court trials for the firm's municipal clients. Mr. Sweeney serves as the supervising prosecuting attorney for the firm's municipal clients. Through Pat's 17 years of experience providing prosecution services to the firm's municipal clients, he has helped maintain Sweeney, Borer & Sweeney as one of the leading criminal prosecution firms in the metropolitan area. The remainder of Patrick Sweeney's qualifications are more fully set forth previously in this proposal. Joseph J. Murphy Joseph J. Murphy is a licensed attorney in the State of Minnesota, and was admitted to the Minnesota State Bar in 2000. He is currently a member of the Ramsey County and Minnesota State Bar Association. His academic training includes University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1996) and the University of Minnesota (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Prior to starting with our firm in 2002, Joe was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Donald J. Venne, 10th Judicial District, Anoka County District Court. Joe's extensive experience in criminal prosecution is detailed below. He also assists other members of the firm in our general governmental civil work. Joe has been able to enforce our municipalities' strict prosecution standards and has maintained a reputation as an attorney who will actually try cases. Joe has obtained superior results through negotiations and trying cases. A large portion of a cities' prosecution time involves the prosecution of domestic abuse cases. Joe has obtained a reputation as a prosecutor who has the ability to effectively handle the inherently difficult issues involved in such cases. Joe has maintained this reputation through his excellent ongoing working relationship with the Alexandra House in handling such cases. We encourage the City of Lino Lakes to contact the Alexandra House as a reference. In addition to effectively dealing with victims and victims advocates, Joe is known as a prosecutor who will take domestic abuse cases to trial when necessary. To date, Joe has been involved in six criminal jury trials in domestic type cases. 10