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I I I board of adjustment or variance. Members of the Firm must discharge those duties without regard to their employment or association with the Firm, and more importantly, it would be a prohibited conflict of interest for them to give any special consideration, benefit, or access to you or any other client of the Firm by virtue of your engagement of Winstead in any capacity, including the actual lobbying of any such governmental body or agency Accordingly, you acknowledge and confirm that thIs engagement of Winstead is not in consideration for or in contemplation of any expected benefit to be derived from the activities of such persons in elected or appointed positions. You also understand that in the course of such public service thes(~ persons may be called upon to take positions, cast votes, adopt rules and regulations or otherwise act in a manner adverse to your actual or perceived business interests and you acknowledge that such events are not conflicts of interest or ethIcal violations of Winstead's duties to you as a client. You further acknowledge that in the course of the Firm's engagement by other clients expressly for lobbying any governmental body at the federal, state, county, or municipal level we could be advocating positions or attempting to achieve outcomes or results for such clients that could adversely affect you or your industry (often without our knowledge) and your engagement of Winstead for the services contemplated herein does not, in and of itself, create a conflict of Interest or ethical violation by virtue of our lobbying activities. We further do not undertake or assume any duty to advise you as to what clients or positions we have undertaken to represent in any lobbying role or engagement or any duty to explore with you those issues of interest to you or your industry, that if taken or advocated by us on behalf of our lobby clients, would be detrimental to you or your industry Hillin!! Arran!!ements and Terms of Payment We will bill you on a regular basis, normally each month, for both fees and disbursements. You agree to make payment within 30 days from the date of invoice unless other billing arrangements have been agreed to in writing. Moreover you agree that your obligation to pay our fees is not dependent on the outcome of our representation. We will gIve you prompt notice if your account becomes delinquent, and you agree to bring the account or the retainer deposIt current. If the delinquency continues and you do not arrange satisfactory payment terms, we may terminate the representation. We reserve the right to pursue collection of any unpaid balance of your account. You agree to pay the costs of collecting the debt, includmg court costs, filmg fees and a reasonable attorney's fee. Endin!! Your Relationship with Us You may terminate our representation at any time, with or without cause, by notifying us. If we terminate the engagement, we will take such steps as are reasonably practicable to protect your interests with respect to the scope of our representation. Unless previously terminated, our representation of you with respect to the agreed upon scope of representation will terminate upon sending you our final statement for services rendered. Following such termination, any otherwise nonpublic information you have supplied to us, which is retained by us, will be kept confidential in accordance with applicable rules of professional conduct. Your papers and property will be returned to you upon receipt of payment for outstanding fees and costs unless a court orders otherwise. We will retain our own files, including work product, pertaining to the representation. For various reasons, including the minimization of unnecessary storage expenses, we reserve the right to destroy or otherwise dispose of any documents or other materials retained by us five years after the termination of the engagement. Austin 1 261502v 1