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• Holland & Knight 701 Brickeil Avenue,Suite 3300 I Miami,FL 33131 I T 305.374.8500 I F 305.789.7799 Holland&Knight LLP I www.hkiaw.com Christopher N.Bellows (305)789-7735 christopher.bellows@hklaw.com June 15, 2015 Hans Ottinot, Esq. City Attorney City of Sunny Isles Beach 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 Re: Holland & Knight Representation Appeal of Sunny Isles Beach, etc., v. Calvary Corp., etc., et al Case No.: 12-26693CA09 Dear Mr. Ottinot: Thank you for retaining Holland & Knight LLP to represent the City of Sunny Isles Beach in connection with the captioned case, including proceedings in the Third District Court of Appeal. We appreciate the opportunity to work with you on this matter. The purpose of this letter is to confirm our engagement as counsel for this matter. • Although we do not wish to be overly formal in our relationship with you, we have found it a helpful practice to confirm with our client the nature and terms of our . representation. I will be principally responsible for handling this matter. As a discount to the City, the matter will be billed at a blended rate of $500 per hour for me, Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr. and Rebecca Plasencia. My normal billing rate is $585; Mr. Sorondo's normal rate is $785 and Ms. Plasencia's (senior counsel) normal rate is $435 per hour. Any associate will be billed at their standard rate, not to exceed $325 per hour and any paralegal will be billed at their standard rate, not to exceed $150 (our appellate paralegal's normal rate is $235). • Atlanta i Boston I Chicago I Dallas I Fort Lauderdale I Jacksonville I Lakeland I Los Angeles I Miami I New York I Northern Virginia I Orlando I Portland I San Francisco I Tallahassee I Tampa I Washington,D.C. I West Palm Beach • • EXHIBIT "A"