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The Law Office of Tallen and Baertschi offers this proposal to provide <br />prosecution services to the City of Orono. Questions concerning this proposal can <br />be directed to Steven Tallen at 612-349-3900. <br />1. Firm Profile <br />a. Resumes attached. <br />b. Special areas of expertise. Steve Tallen has been a prosecuting <br />attorney since 1985 and serves at the Chief Prosecutor for the Cities of Maple <br />Grove, Medina, Loretto, Deephaven, Woodland and the Lake Minnetonka <br />Conservation District. Steve also serves as the Assistant Prosecutor for the Cities <br />of Robbinsdale, the Hennepin County portion of the City of Rockford and the City <br />of Osseo. Steve also serves as a Conflict Prosecutor for the Cities of Minnetonka <br />and Hopkins, as well as occasionally serving as Conflict Prosecutor for the Cities <br />of Orono, Plymouth, Golden Valley, Roseville, Apple Valley and North St. Paul. <br />Steve served for ten years as a police officer for the City of Golden Valley and <br />believes that that background has assisted in forming a good working relationship <br />with our municipal clients, including the officers, chiefs and the city councils. <br />Steve is known as an aggressive (hopefully fair) prosecutor with well over 100 <br />jury trials, thousands of court trials and very close to 100 appellate cases. <br />Paul Baertschi has over 28 years of prosecution experience, with expertise <br />in all facets of criminal prosecution, criminal law and appellate cases. Paul serves <br />as the Chief Prosecutor for the Cities of Robbinsdale, Osseo and Rockford (the <br />Hennepin County portion) and as Assistant Prosecutor for our other municipal <br />clients. Like Steve, Paul has extensive jury trial, court trial and appellate <br />experience. Paul is the firm's "legal scholar" and is the Editor and Publisher of <br />MINNESOTA POLICE BRIEFS for over 25 years. Minnesota Police Briefs <br />provides concise updates of criminal law cases that directly affect the day-to-day <br />operation of police departments and provides brief, but essential knowledge of <br />recent appellate cases which affect police procedures. Paul also handles most of <br />the forfeiture matters which arise out of arrests for violations that provide for civil <br />forfeiture in criminal cases. <br />c. Criminal appellate experience. Both Mr. Baertschi and Mr. Tallen <br />have handled numerous appeals to the Court of Appeals and (a few) appeals to the <br />Minnesota Supreme Court. <br />d. Accessibility to city personnel including police. Accessibility would <br />be one of our strengths. We are always available by telephone, either landline or <br />cell phone for 24 hour service as needed. In urgent situations we can usually be <br />reached almost immediately. We return calls the same day. Some clients prefer <br />contact and dialog by email and that is also readily available as we are accustomed <br />to regularly checking and responding to email messages. We prefer to have <br />regular meetings with the Chief and supervisory staff, as well as periodic <br />