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• LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P. L.L. P. Attorneys at Law DENNIS M MCGHNN LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.'S Federal Relations Groul is led by Dennis M. McGrann, a 20 -year Washington insider, who, p while on Capitol Hill, was repeatedly recognized as one of the Unite States Congress' most influential staff members by the nationally noted publication Almanac of the Unelected. Mr. McGrann served it a:. the U.S. House of Representatives for over a decade in a number of key Congressional policy positions including committee staff directo and chief to staff to the vice chair of the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. He also served in a high level Presidential transition position in the U.S. Department of Energy. Over the past two decades, Mr. McGrann has been engaged in many of the major federal regulatory and legislative battles, including amending the Clean Air Act, telecommunications industry deregulation, health care reform, energy deregulation, financial market reform and nationwide air and surface transportation reauthorizations. He has been called upon by both Democratic and Republican administrations to lend his expertise and support to a host of high priority initiatives. He currently serves as an adviser to the administration on international transportation policy negotiations. Mr. McGrann is a native of Watertown, South Dakota, attended the Universita del Sacta Cuore in Milan Italy and pursued advanced studies at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. He is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota with MBA, M.A. and B.A. degrees. HUBERT C. ions Robert C. Long, a LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P. partner practices in the area of commercial litigation, real estate and development, and government relations, focusing on local government issues. Mr. Long has many years of legal, government an, corporate experience in both the public and private sectors. He was formerly a member of the St. Paul City Council and President of the Minnesota League of Cities, as well as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General and Executive Director of the Minnesota Justice Foundation. As Vice President of Corporate Services and Development at NAI Welsh, he led the Corporate Real Estate Services group and worked on urban redevelopment projects. In 1985, Mr. Long graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he received the William O. Douglas Public Interest Law Award. He is admitted to practice in Minnesota and in the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. Mr. Long is a 1981 summa cum laude graduate of Macalester College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Phi Beta Kappa key.