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phone, email or fax. We have compatible computer programs and software to maintain appropriate <br />communication with the City, including the ability to share and edit documents electronically. All <br />attorneys are equipped with laptops, allowing them to work remotely at the City as needed. <br />Furthermore, the firm works closely with the League of Minnesota Cities, and maintains access to <br />the materials and resources available from the League. <br />The firm maintains professional liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 per claim <br />and the aggregate amount of $3,000,000 with a $5,000 deductible. No attorney has ever been the <br />subject of any professional discipline. Our firm is committed to compliance with all state and <br />federal laws regarding civil rights and equal opportunity. <br />CITY STAFF/CITY ATTORNEY RELATIONSHIP <br />The City Staff would have easy access to all attorneys within the firm to meet their criminal <br />prosecution needs. Attorneys are available by email and phone on a daily basis. The firm also <br />offers weekend "on-call" coverage for emergency situations that may arise. The City Attorney <br />would provide a thirty-six (36) hour response time on council and staff inquiries, and provide same <br />day response time on emergency situations when possible. The City Attorney would provide five <br />business day turnaround on standard document review. <br />The firm is fully computerized with PC computers utilizing Microsoft Word for Windows, <br />as well as a high speed internet connection, such that emails and files may be easily transmitted <br />electronically between the City Staff and City Attorney. The firm currently accesses LOGIS <br />LaserFiche and LETG (Law Enforcement Technology Group) for multiple municipal clients, to <br />retrieve police reports, agendas, packets, minutes or archived documents. Our office is also <br />equipped with DVS, MNCIS and MGA access necessary to conduct business as the City's <br />prosecutorial authority. <br />MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION <br />David Ross serves as the lead prosecuting attorney for the firm's Hennepin County <br />municipal prosecution clients. Mr. Ross has served our firms municipal clients in the area of <br />criminal prosecution for over seventeen years. The responsibilities as lead prosecuting attorney <br />include the establishment and maintenance of plea negotiation standards for all cases as well as <br />supervision of all the support staff for those jurisdictions. Mr. Ross, along with Ms. Corlew and <br />Mr. Murphy all practice predominately in the field of criminal prosecution and municipal law and <br />all attorneys are available to assist one another and supplement services as required. <br />In terms of organization, Mr. Ross has primary responsibility for establishing the <br />guidelines for the initiation, supervision and prosecution of criminal cases, including decisions as <br />to what charges, if any, shall be brought and the establishment and maintenance of standards <br />regarding appropriate plea negotiations, disposition of those cases according to those standards <br />and the trial of cases not settled. The law firm believes that plea negotiations serve a necessary <br />and useful function to resolve cases according to their individual merits and characteristics but <br />also believes that negotiations must be conducted only in a responsible and conservative manner <br />with just consideration for the rights of victims and the punishment of those adjudged guilty. <br />7 <br />