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<br />Knight & Partners <br />Attorneys at Law <br /> <br />L::l (512) 3~J-577,q <br />Fi.lX (512) 323<'1773 <br /> <br />Executive Office Terrace <br />n3 West Anderson Lane. Suite A-I 05 <br />Austin. Texas 78751 <br /> <br />A.ttorneys <br />Bamcy L. Knight <br />Shed;] I Limon <br />DI:Jna L Cranger <br />Piligc H S,icnz <br />Ch,!rks K. E1JrcJ <br />IcfTrc'i T Ulrnann <br /> <br />WWW,l'ItyattomcYlexas com <br />:1 nome:> 's(~ 'C i tya tlome ylCX as, com <br /> <br />August 28, 2006 <br /> <br />Tony Williams <br />City Manager <br />City of Paris <br />P. O. Box 9037 <br />Paris, Texas 75461-9037 <br /> <br />Re: Legal services - Amendment of the City Charter <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Williams: <br /> <br />Enclosed please find two originals of a proposed letter agreement for services, in our standard <br />format. If this agreement is approved by the Mayor and City Council, please have the Mayor <br />sign and return one original to my office. The following provides a general overview of our <br />experience in representing municipal governments, including adopting, applying and amending <br />city charters. Although our web site revisions are in progress due to upgrades last month to our <br />computer and telephone systems, and the recent addition of two attorneys, further information <br />is available on our web site at attorneys@cityattorneytexas.com. We will be pleased to provide <br />additional information as requested, and we appreciate our being considered by the City. <br /> <br />GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS <br /> <br />Knight & Partners has six attorneys, and we engage exclusively in the representation of local <br />government entities. Our experience is generally described as follows. I have sixteen (16) years <br />experience with the cities of Temple and Austin, and twenty-one (21) years of private practice <br />experience. During my first five (5) years of private practice in Houston, I concentrated in <br />construction, real estate, finance and related litigation. During the last sixteen (16) years I have <br />concentrated my practice in representing local governments. During the 16 years with Temple <br />and Austin, I served as Deputy City Attorney, City Attorney, Assistant City Manager, City <br />Manager and Acting City Manager. A brief personal resume is attached as Exhibit" A" . Sheila <br />Limon, a salaried partner with ten years experience as a lawyer (eight of which has been <br />exclusively in municipal law) actively represents many of our clients. A copy of Sheila's resume <br />is attached as Exhibit "B". Diana Granger, a senior associate with twenty-seven (27) years of <br />experience practicing municipal and water law is also available, if and as needed. Diana joined <br />us in April 2006, after retiring from the City of Austin. Her experience includes extended <br />service as assistant city attorney, supervising attorney, deputy city attorney and city attorney of <br />Austin. Diana's resume is attached as Exhibit "C". Paige Saenz, an associate, has been <br />