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13 232370v2 STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS The firm is fully compliant with state and federal laws, including EEOC, human rights, and data practices and agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance or disability and to take affirmative action to assure that all employees are treated equally with respect to training, hiring, rates of pay and other forms of compensation. INSURANCE Campbell Knutson maintains comprehensive liability, professional liability, and workers’ compensation insurance on all staff. We maintain malpractice insurance through Minnesota Lawyers Mutual and have policy limits of two million dollars per claim and five million dollars aggregate. If the City requires a higher per claim limit, please let us know and we will adjust our coverage. We have not had any malpractice claims against the firm or any of our attorneys, and no member of the firm has been subject to disciplinary action by the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. A copy of our Insurance Certificate is attached as Exhibit C. MALPRACTICE CLAIMS AND ETHICS COMPLAINTS In the past five years, the firm has not been the subject of any malpractice claims, and the firm has not been sued by cities or other clients. Soren M. Mattick and Jared D. Shepherd have been the subject of a complaint to the Board of Professional Responsibility by a resident of the City of Orono, but the complaint was summarily dismissed as meritless, without warranting any investigation. Our clients have not filed any ethics complaints against any of the attorneys at the firm. The same resident from the City of Orono has also sued the firm, Soren, and Jared; the matter is pending in the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals after dismissal in the District Court. Separate from the firm’s civil practice, Campbell Knutson also provides criminal prosecution services. In that capacity, we have had occasional complaints filed against our firm’s attorneys by defendants that our firm was prosecuting. All of these complaints have been summarily dismissed, as the Board of Professional Responsibility determined the complaints did not warrant investigation. We can provide more information upon request. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Campbell Knutson does not currently have any clients in conflict with Orono and has not represented any client in conflict with Orono. If such a situation develops where there is a conflict or perceived conflict we would follow the requirements and processes to provide both parties with proper representation. We do not practice criminal defense. We have procedures in place at Campbell Knutson to check prospective clients, criminal defendants and victims for conflicts prior to representation. If a conflict arises, we will not handle the case and instead find another qualified prosecutor to represent the City. 66