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LAW OFFICES OF Hawkins & Baumgartner, P.A. WILLIAM G. HAWIQNs SCOTT C. BAUMGARTNER ADAM E. DAHLEN June 30, 2008 Legal Assistants TAMMI J. UVEGES HOLLY G. PROVO City Administrator City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 -1182 2140 Fouimi AVENUE Nom ArroxA, MINNESOTA 55303 PHONE (763) 427 -8877 FAx (763) 421 -4213 E-MAa. HawkLaw2@aot.com Please accept this letter as our proposal to provide civil legal services to the City of Lino Lakes. Firm Background Over 95% of our firm's business is related to the representation of municipal clients. Currently, our firm serves as the civil attorneys for the Cities of Andover, Anoka and Lino Lakes, and the criminal attorneys for the Cities of Andover, Elk River and Lino Lakes. As part of our representation of these cities, our firm has been actively involved in such issues as property acquisition, development contracts, inter - governmental agreements, zoning and comprehensive plan issues, employment relations, special assessment law, and litigation related to these issues. Our law firm consists of two full -time attorneys, one consulting attorney, two full -time paralegals and one part-time paralegal. The full -time attorneys are Adam Dahlen and myself. I have been licensed to practice law in the State of Minnesota for over twelve (12) years. My early practice consisted of civil litigation and criminal defense, with several of my matters being in Anoka County. My civil practice focused heavily on real estate and contract law, which included: drafting of legal documents, negotiating settlements, litigating in District Courts, appearing before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and briefing arguments for the Minnesota Supreme Court. More recently, my practice has been devoted primarily to criminal prosecutions for the cities of Andover, Lino Lakes, and Elk River; and serving as the City Attorney for Andover, Anoka and Lino Lakes. Adam Dahlen is a 2007 graduate from the University of St. Thomas School of Law where he made the Dean's List (top 15 %); was the Vice -Chief Justice of the UST Board of Advocates for the 2006- 2007 school year; and was a second place oralist and quarter- finalist at the 2007 National Moot Court Competition Regional Round. During law school, Mr. Dahlen interned for the Minnesota Supreme Court — State Court Administration, where he conducted state -by -state comparisons of jury handbooks and developed recommendations for a standardized Minnesota jury handbook; he served as a Student Attorney at the University of St. Thomas Legal Services Clinic Family Practice Group; and was a law clerk/student attorney for the Anoka County Public Defenders Office from September 2006 through September 2007 where he represented criminal defendants in court at their