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Proposal to Gem Lake, MN for General Legal Services <br />July 17, 2006 <br />access to state and Federal sources of law, Kelly & Fawcett maintains access to <br />specialized municipal law reporters, labor reporters, and property law encyclopedias. <br />Also, Kelly & Fawcett has a high-speed Internet connection, through which our <br />attorneys access Lexis and other legal information, and news that affects our clients. <br />Our fine also continues to maintain a current hard -bound library of Northwestern <br />Reporters. In addition, our office maintains subscriptions to several news journals <br />and other periodicals covering municipal issues, including Minnesota Cities, Bench <br />Bar of Minnesota, and ABA Jow-nal. Our attorneys regularly attend CLE's relating to <br />municipal law, and we maintain a library of the materials from these CLEs. Finally, <br />our location in downtown St. Paul makes it easy for any attorney to get a source not <br />in our office by traveling the short distance to one of several local law libraries. We <br />have the information resources necessary to meet almost any response time the City <br />may require. <br />When sources are checked and analysis is done, our attorneys make an extra effort to <br />boil the legal issues down into short memos or letters that state the bottom line up <br />front and present easy -to -execute options to the people who will act on our advice. In <br />most cases, Mr. Kelly is the one to present the options, particularly when Council <br />action is required. However, all of our attorneys working with a municipality strive <br />to establish a working relationship with the departments, so that legal questions do <br />not need to wait for a Council meeting to get attention. <br />Finally, our greatest resource we offer to municipal clients is our history. Mr. Kelly <br />has over 31 years of experience representing Minnesota municipalities, and in our <br />1 close-knit firm, his knowledge is available to every attorney. In our institutional <br />experience, our fine has analyzed and advised on almost everything a modern city <br />might encounter. And through treating every legal question as important, we still <br />have the files and memos from those experiences to give us a head start on answering <br />the new questions. <br />Availability. Conflicts. and Ethics <br />All attorneys of Kelly & Fawcett are available to the City of Gem Lake as needs <br />arise. Every attorney carries a mobile phone, and every attorney and assistant has an <br />e-mail account provided by the firm. <br />Regarding conflicts, we have unfortunately not had the opportunity to perform any <br />prior legal work for the City of Gem Lake. In reviewing our client lists for this <br />proposal, we do not believe any of our current representations would conflict with <br />representation of the City of Gem Lake or any of its officials. Should a conflict arise, <br />however, we would first seek a release of representation from the prior client, if <br />feasible, and look to recommend conflict counsel for the City in cases where releases <br />cannot be obtained. <br />JPage 3 of 13 <br />