SMITH BAKKE PORSBORG SCHWEIGERT

Phone Number: 701-258-0630

P.O. Box 460, 116 North Second Street
Bismarck, ND 58502-0460
Federal Tax I.D. No. 45-0448023

Tag C. Anderson
Risk Management Division
1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 4
Bismarck, ND 58503-0649 January 29, 2010

RE: James Long v. State of North Dakota, Workforce Safety and

Insurance, Charles "Sandy" Blunt, John Halvorson, Tim
Wahlin, Rob Forward, Tag Anderson, Robert Indvik, and
Mark Gjovig
Hours Amount

01/01/10 RJB Review notice of termination of appointment 0.10

of special assistant attorney general and
related cases.

01/07/10 MDA Telephone conference with opposing counsel 1.70

and court re: summary judgment hearing and
brief; follow up and email to clients re:
same; telephone conference with Tag
Anderson re: subpoenaing Google and other
issues; revised subpoena to Google; draft
letter to Google

01/11/10 MDA Began reviewing Long's reply to summary 9.20

judgment and drafting response to same;
research re: same

01/12/10 MDA Continued working on reply to response to 6.40

summary judgment motion; Telephone
conference with Jodi Bjornson re: summary
judgment reply

01/13/10 MDA Continued working on reply brief; email to 6.40

clients re: draft reply brief
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Hours Amount

01/14/10 MDA Review and respond to email from Doug 2.60

Bahr re: summary judgment reply; revised
brief re: same; TC w/ Tag Anderson re:
certain allegations in Long's brief; TC w/
Jodi Bjornson re: reply brief; final review
and revisions to reply brief and letter to court
re: filing same

01/18/10 MDA Began preparing for hearing on motion for 3.80

summary judgment

01/19/10 LS Drafting letters to 4 previous employers of 0.50

plaintiff requesting plaintiff's employment
records.

MDA Prepare for hearing on motion for summary 6.90

judgment (reviewed cases and statutes;
worked on hearing outline, reviewed briefs,
reviewed exhibits)

01/20/10 RJB Staff conference with Mitch re: trial strategy 0.20
issues and re: summary judgment hearing.

MDA Prepared for and attended hearing on motion 4.50

for summary judgment; update to client re:
hearing

01/21/10 MDA Letter to opposing counsel re: 0.40

supplementation of discovery responses

LS T/call from Contact America re: request for 0.10

plaintiff's employment records.

01/22/10 MDA TC w/ Jodi Bjornson re: trial date; TC w/ 0.70

opposing counsel re: trial date and discovery
issue; e-mail to court and opposing counsel
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Hours Amount

re: trial date; finalize letter to opposing

counsel re: outstanding discovery issues

01/22/10 MDA Review documents provided by Midwest 0.40

Business Systems

01/25/10 LS Receipt and review of letter from plaintiff's 0.50

employer, Contact America re: request for
plaintiff's employment records; drafting
follow up letter to Contact America; t/conf
with Cross Country Courier re: request for
plaintiff's employment records.

MDA Reviewed message from Google and email 0.40

to opposing counsel re: same; reviewed letter
from Google re: subpoena

MDA Reviewed email from opposing counsel and 0.10

respond to same re: email discovery issue

MDA TC w/ opposing counsel re: email issue 0.20

MDA TC w/ Google re: subpoena 0.20

MDA Review and draft response to email from 0.50

northdecoder.com

01/26/10 MDA Reviewed order denying motion for 0.80

summary judgment; e-mail to clients re: same

MDA TC w/ opposing counsel re: email issue 0.20

MDA Worked on issues re: Google subpoena; TC 1.60

w/ opposing counsel re: emails requested;
reviewed email from opposing counsel re:
same
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Hours Amount

01/27/10 MDA Reviewed email from opposing counsel re: 0.40

anonymous email account issue; TC from
opposing counsel re: same; email to
opposing counsel re: following up w/
anonymous account issue; reviewed email
from opposing counsel re: same

MDA TC w/ Jodi Bjornson re: SJ order, further 0.40

discovery, preparations for trial, and further
handling

01/28/10 MDA Review email from opposing counsel re: 0.10

anonymous email account issue

For professional services rendered 49.30 $5,886.50

Additional charges:

12/30/09 Lisa Hulm Reporting, Inc. - Depositions of Connie Todd, Diane 60.70
Weide & Tami Solie

01/07/10 Google, Inc. - Subpoena Duces Tecum 25.00

01/18/10 Photocopies 1.40

01/22/10 Midwest Business Systems - Employee Records 74.20

Total costs $161.30

Total amount of this bill $6,047.80

Previous balance $1,259.90

1/20/2010 Payment - Thank You ($1,259.90)

Total payments and adjustments ($1,259.90)

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Amount

Balance due $6,047.80

Attorney Summary
Name Hours Rate Amount
Lori Steckler (LS) Paralegal 1.10 85.00 $93.50
Mitchell D. Armstrong (MDA) Attorney 47.90 120.00 $5,748.00
Randall J. Bakke (RJB) Attorney 0.30 150.00 $45.00