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3 232370v2 Alina forged strong relationships with police officers, court personnel and justice partners in Hennepin County and beyond. She is an active member of the legal community serving as a Board Member in the Suburban Hennepin County Prosecutors’ Association (SHCPA). She represents SHCPA at the Hennepin County Criminal Justice Task Force meetings – a taskforce responsible for creating and implementing court policies and procedures within Hennepin County. Alina also participates in the Hennepin County Domestic Violence Steering Committee. Alina has worked closely with victim advocacy groups and the Plymouth Police Department to develop and enact a Blueprint for Safety Plan in dom estic violence cases. As a Hennepin County resident for over twenty years, Alina and her family have a vested interest in Hennepin County as a whole, and would be proud to serve Orono as a city prosecutor. Alina will work to ensure Campbell Knutson is efficiently meeting all of Orono expectations. ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS While Alina will provide prosecutorial legal services to Orono, our firm has several other attorneys who practice criminal prosecution and will be part of Orono prosecution team. Henry A. Schaeffer, III. Henry has a well-rounded legal background. He has over 29 years of experience in the area of criminal law in the State of Minnesota. He began his career as a defense attorney, including approximately 12 years of work for the First District Public Defender’s Office. He joined Campbell Knutson in 2005, and is an exclusive full-time prosecutor, having handled literally hundreds of court trials, and countless jury trials and contested evidentiary hearings. Having practiced successfully on both sides of the courtroom, Henry has gained uncommon insight and compassion in handling criminal cases. Practicing law since 1993, Henry’s practice has been focused in the Dakota County court system, making him exceedingly familiar with the presiding judges and court staff. He has earned a seat as a city prosecutor representative on the Dakota Criminal Courts Partners Workgroup (CCPW), and Dakota County Firearms Surrender Workgroup. In his current practice, he works closely with the patrol officers and investigators of multiple Police Departments. Henry is available 24/7 for consultation by officers and command staff, including probable cause detentions and bail recommendations to the Court. Henry currently sits on the Board of Directors of Legal Assistance of Dakota County, and is a two -time nominee, and the 2016 winner of the MADD Metro Prosecutor of the Year. Henry is experienced in providing legal training to police departments, including recent department-wide trainings to all officers at Burnsville Police Department concerning Minnesota’s new Use of Deadly Force law, Extreme Risk Protection Orders, and new cannabis laws. Henry is the firm’s “go-to” attorney for firearms issues, working on a daily basis with our police departments with questions and concerns about firearm returns and firearms transferee permits (permits to purchase). Jerome M. Porter. Jerome has dedicated the past 19 years to representing municipalities as a city attorney. Jerome started his legal career at the firm of LeVander, Gillen & Miller, P.A. in South St. Paul. When Jerome applied for the position he did not know he would be asked to prosecute for multiple cities. As luck would have it, prosecution turned out to be his passion and when faced with being moved into the firm’s civil division, Jerome transferred firms and joined Grannis & Hauge, P.A. with th e intention of practicing almost exclusively prosecution. In 2016, he joined Campbell Knutson, P.A., the premier prosecution firm in the 56