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BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP'S BILLING POLICIES Our century of experience has shown that the attorney -client relationship works best when there is mutual understanding about fees, expenses, billing and payment terms. Therefore, this statement is intended to explain our billing policies and procedures. Clients are encouraged to discuss with us any questions they have about these policies and procedures. Clients may direct specific questions about a bill to the attorney with whom the client works or to our Accounts Receivable Department (accounts.receivable@bbklaw com) Any specific billing arrangements different from those set forth below will be confirmed in a separate written agreement between the client and the firm. INVOICE AND PAYMENT OPTIONS Best Best & Krieger strives to meet our clients' needs in terms of providing a wide variety of invoice types, delivery and payment options. Please indicate those needs including the preferred method of invoice delivery (Invoice via Email, or USPS) In addition, accounts.receivable@bbklaw.com can provide a W-9 upon request and discuss various accepted payment methods. FEES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Unless a flat fee is set forth in our engagement letter with a client, our fees for the legal work we will undertake will be based in substantial part on time spent by personnel in our office on that client's behalf. In special circumstances which will be discussed with the client and agreed upon in writing, fees will be based upon the novelty or difficulty of the matter, or the time or other special limitations imposed by the client. Hourly rates are set to reflect the skill and experience of the attorney or other legal personnel rendering services on the client's behalf. All legal services are billed in one -tenth of an hour (0 10/hour) or six -minute increments. Our attorneys are currently billed at rates from $220 to $795 per hour, and our administrative assistants, research assistants, municipal analysts, litigation analysts, paralegals, paraprofessionals and law clerks are billed at rates from $150 to $290 per hour for new work. These rates reflect the ranges in both our public and our private rates. These hourly rates are reviewed annually to accommodate rising firm costs and to reflect changes in attorney status as lawyers attain new levels of legal experience. Any increases resulting from such reviews will be instituted automatically and will apply to each affected client, after advance notice. Non -Attorney Personnel. BBK may employ the services of non -attorney personnel under the supervision of 09957.00000\34278788.1 a BBK attorney in order to perform services called for in the legal services agreement. The most common non -attorney personnel utilized are paralegals. Other types of non - attorney personnel include, but are not limited to, case clerks, litigation analysts, and specialty consultants. The client agrees that BBK may use such non -attorney personnel to perform its services when it is reasonably necessary in the judgment of the responsible BBK attorney Hourly fees for non -attorney personnel will be charged at the rate then in effect for such personnel. A copy of BBK's current rates and titles for non -attorney personnel will be provided upon request. FEES FOR ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION ("ESI") SUPPORT AND STORAGE BBK provides Electronically Stored Information ("ESI") services for matters requiring ESI support — typically litigation or threatened litigation matters. BBK provides services for basic ESI processing and storage at the following rates per month based on the number of gigabytes of data ("GB") processed and stored: 1GB -250GB $10 per GB 251 GB - 550GB $8 per GB 551GB-750GB $6perGB 751GB - 1TB $4 per GB The amount BBK charges for basic processing and storage of ESI allows BBK to recover the costs of providing such services, plus a net profit for BBK. BBK believes that the rates it charges for processing and storage are lower than comparable services available from third party vendors in the market. If you wish to contract separately with a third party vendor for processing and storage costs, please notify BBK in writing. BBK shall not incur costs for ESI support on a particular matter without first confirming by email or written correspondence with the client that the client agrees such services are necessary for the matter at hand. FEES FOR OTHER SERVICES, COSTS AND EXPENSES We attempt to serve all our clients with the most effective support systems available. Therefore, in addition to fees for professional legal services, we also charge separately for some other services and expenses to the extent of their use by individual clients. These charges include but are not limited to, mileage at the current IRS approved rate per mile, extraordinary telephone and document delivery charges, copying charges, computerized research, court filing fees and other court -related expenditures including court reporter and transcription fees. No separate charge is