Agenda - Council Work Session - 08/23/2021 - Special

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intervenes in rate cases before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that involve Xcel Energy, CenterPoint, Qwest, and other utilities as parties. We also represent several cable commissions. • Municipal Litigation. Since its inception, Kennedy & Graven has engaged in a substantial and varied litigation practice representing local governments. Our primary areas of litigation practice are eminent domain, land use, real estate, franchise/utility/telecommunications, construction, employment, and general municipal matters. • Employment Law/Labor Relations. The firm is actively involved in the employment and personnel area. Our experiences include discipline/discharge cases; unemployment compensation hearings; race, sex, disability and age discrimination cases; sexual harassment cases; Veterans' Preference Act cases; reviews of personnel policies/handbooks, employment contracts and affirmative action plans; advice on pay equity/comparable worth plans; FLSA issues, labor-management contracts; PERA issues, and Minnesota Government Data Practices Act issues. Kennedy & Graven has defended related cases in federal and state courts, arbitrations, and before the Minnesota Human Rights Department, the federal EEOC, the Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights, and the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs. Support Personnel and Office Organization Kennedy & Graven has seven paralegals: three in public finance, three in real estate, and one in litigation. The firm has 14 additional staff in legal administrative assistant or administrative positions, including a firm administrator who is a former city attorney. Kennedy & Graven is a professional corporation. The firm is run by an executive committee, which consists of five members who serve staggered two-year terms. The firm's president is elected annually by the firm's board of directors. The firm administrator reports to the president and the executive committee is responsible for the implementation of the directives from the executive committee and for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the firm. Legal administrative assistants are assigned to designated attorneys. Law clerks and paralegals are available to all attorneys on an as -needed basis. Office Locations The firm's main office is in Minneapolis with satellite offices in St. Paul and St. Cloud. Minneapolis (Main Office): Fifth Street Towers 150 South Fifth Street Suite 700 Minneapolis, MN 55402 (612) 337-9300 (800) 788-8201 - Toll Free (612) 337-9310 Fax Saint Paul: US Bank Center 101 East Fifth Street Suite 2650 Saint Paul, MN 55101 (651) 294-3589 By appointment St. Cloud: 501 West Germain Street Suite 320 St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 240-8200 By appointment Malpractice or Ethics Claims The firm has been sued once for a malpractice claim in its 48 years history. This claim was in the 1990's and related to a public finance matter. 7