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MEMO STANDARD TERMS MCDONOUGH HOLLAND & ALLEN Attorneys at Law Agreement: This statement of standard term/,along with the terms stated in the der, constitutes the Agreement for Legal Services ("Agreement") between you and McDonough, Holland & Allen ("MH&A" ). I. EFFECTWE DATE The Agreement becomes effective after you sign it and return it to us and pay any required ad- vance fee. When signed and returned, the Agree- ment will be retroactive to the date we first per- formed services on your behalf. If we have performed legal services at your request while wait- ing for you to sign and return this Agreement, you will still be required to pay for those services even if you decide not to sign and return this Agreement. 2. FEES FOR LEGAL SERVICES Our fees for legal services are based on the total amount of time expended on all work neces- sary to your representation, multiplied by the hourly rate then in effect for the person performing the work. We charge for our time in minimum units of 0.1 hours. Our current hourly rates for attorneys and other personnel are reflected in the attached billing rate schedule. These rates are reviewed and adjusted periodically. If MH&A revises its rates while this Agreement is in effect, the revised rates will be applied to the services rendered thereafter under this Agreement and the applicable rates will be reflected iri each subsequent bill that you re- ceive. Your principal attorney may be assisted by at- torneys or paralegals whose time is billed at hourly rates different from that rate charged by your prin- cipal attorney. The work of those attorneys and paralegals will be under the supervision of the prin- cipal attorney responsible for your representation. From time to time, those assigned to work on your matter may need to confer among themselves .concerning your representation. When that occurs, each'person will charge for the time expended in conference. It may on occasion be necessary or advisable for more than one person to attend a meeting, court hearing or other proceeding and each will charge for"the time that he or she spends in making those appearances. We also will charge for waiting time in court and elsewhere and for all travel time both out of town and locally. Time spent on the telephone discussing your matter, including telephone calls with you, also will be billed; as will conferences with certain others such as investigators, consultants, or experts. 3. ADVANCE AGAINST FEES Before undertaking your representation, we may request the payment of an advance against fees and we may request the payment of additional ad- vances from time to time thereafter. The initial de- posit, as well as any future deposits, will be held in our trust account. You authorize us to use that fund to pay the fees and costs that you incur. Any fee deposits remaining at the conclusion of this representation after payment of all,fees and costs will be returned to you. Our billings will be made against this advance, which we expect to be replenished in the amount of the monthly billing, within thirty (30) days of the date of that billing. Failure to replenish the ad- vance against fees as required will be sufficient cause for MH&A to terminate this Agreement and with- draw from your representation. 4. COSTS We will incur on your behalf various costs and expenses in performing. legal services under this