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FORM OF CLIENT TRANSFER LETTER
Tim Moll
Rembolt Ludtke LLP
1201 Lincoln Mall, Ste. 102
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Re: Transfer of Files to Bill Schellpeper at Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Please have all the municipal and public finance files and closing transcripts at Rembolt
Ludtke LLP relating to active and prior bond issues, tax increment financing matters, and related
matters handled by Rembolt Ludtke LLP on our behalf, including computer diskette containing
versions of any of our documents on your firm's computer system, delivered to F. William
Schellpeper III at Gilmore & Bell, P.C. at the following address:
F. William Schellpeper III
Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Wells Fargo Center, Suite 710
1248 "O" Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Very trul yours,
cc: Bill Schellpeper
e
402-474-5000
FAX: 402-474-5550
WWW.GILMOREBELL.COM
Brenda Wheeler, City Clerk
City of Blair, Nebraska
218 S. 16th St.
Blair, NE 68008-1674
Dear Brenda:
GILMORE & BELL
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1248'0" STREET, SUITE 710
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68508-1424
February 16, 2007
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
WICHITA, KANSAS
I wanted you to be among the first to know that I have decided to join the Lincoln office of
Gilmore & Bell. Gilmore & Bell is one of the nation's leading public finance firms with offices in
Lincoln, Kansas City, St. Louis and Wichita. I will be joining with Lauren Wismer and David Lucas, two
excellent Nebraska bond attorneys with over 30 years of Nebraska bond counsel experience. Working as
a team we plan to provide our clients with personal service backed by the resources of a national public
finance practice.
Additional information concerning Gilmore & Bell is noted below. More information can be
found at http://www.gilmorebell.com.
Joining Gilmore & Bell allows me to focus my practice exclusively in the area of public finance
(including, bond counsel services, TIF counsel services, and underwriters' counsel` services).
This letter is required by the ethics rules for attorneys in Nebraska and explains your options
related to my transition. I certainly plan on this transition occurring as seamlessly as possible, and look
forward to continuing to work with you
If you wish to transfer your public finance files to me at Gilmore & Bell, please sign the enclosed
letter and send it to Rembolt Ludtke in the enclosed envelope or you may fax it to (402) 475-5087
(Rembolt Ludtke) and (402) 474-5550 (Schellpeper).
If you wish to leave your files at Rembolt Ludtke, please advise me of this at your earliest
convenience. If I do not hear from you, I will assume that you prefer to leave your files at Rembolt
Ludtke. If you wish to take possession of any of your files, or have them delivered to other counsel you
should contact Rembolt Ludtke at (402) 475-5100. To the extent there maybe work in progress on any
files, a prompt decision will facilitate continued attention to your matters.
About Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Gilmore & Bell was established in 1979, and today is one of the leading public finance law firms
in the United States. The Firm primarily represents states, counties, cities, school districts and other
governmental and quasi -governmental entities as bond counsel in municipal finance transactions.
Complementing its core practice, Gilmore & Bell also acts as disclosure counsel and bank
counsel in municipal 'debt issues and as `corporate counsel in corporate securities' financings. The Firm
also has an extensive tax and arbitrage rebate compliance practice.
Gilmore & Bell has offices in Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, Wichita, Kansas, and
Lincoln, Nebraska. While the Firm's public finance practice is concentrated in the Midwest, it has
represented issuers, underwriters and developers throughout the United States in certain areas such as
health care, housing, public power and municipal lease financings.
In 2005, Gilmore & Bell ranked 3rd in the United States in the number of bond counsel opinions
rendered on municipal bond issues, acting as bond counsel on approximately 455 issues aggregating in
excess of $6.27 billion. According to information published by Thompson Financial Securities Data, in
2005 the Firm ranked 1st in the Midwest Region, both in number and dollar volume of long-term state
and local government bond issues.
If you have any questions about the issues in this letter please call me at Gilmore & Bell (402-
474-5000) on or after February 16, 2007, the effective date of this change.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
illiam Schell peper III
bschellpeper@gilmorebell.com
GILMORE & BELL, P.C.
FORM OF CLIENT TRANSFER LETTER
Tim Moll
Rembolt Ludtke LLP
1201 Lincoln Mall, Ste. 102
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Re: Transfer of Files to Bill Schellpeper at Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Please have all the municipal and public finance files and closing transcripts at Rembolt
Ludtke LLP relating to active and prior bond issues, tax increment financing matters, and related
matters handled by Rembolt Ludtke LLP on our behalf, including computer diskette containing
versions of any of our documents on your firm's computer system, delivered to F. William
Schellpeper III at Gilmore & Bell, P.C. at the following address:
F. William Schellpeper III
Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Wells Fargo Center, Suite 710
1248 "O" Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
cc: Bill Schellpeper
402-474-5000
FAX: 402-474-5550
WWW.GILMORESELL.COM
Rod Storm, City Administrator
City of Blair, Nebraska
218 S. 16th St.
Blair, NE 68008-1674
Dear Rod:
GILMORE & BELL
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1248 "0" STREET, SUITE 710
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68508-1424
February 16, 2007
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
WICHITA, KANSAS
I wanted you to be among the first to know that I have decided to join the Lincoln office of
Gilmore & Bell. Gilmore & Bell is one of the nation's leading public finance firms with offices in
Lincoln, Kansas City, St. Louis and Wichita. I will be joining with Lauren Wismer and David Lucas, two
excellent Nebraska bond attorneys with over 30 years of Nebraska bond counsel experience. Working as
a team we plan to provide our clients with personal service backed by the resources of a national public
finance practice.
Additional information concerning Gilmore & Bell is noted below. More information can be
found at http://www.gilmorebell.com.
Joining Gilmore & Bell allows me to focus my practice exclusively in the area of public finance
(including, bond counsel services, TIF counsel services, and underwriters' counsel services).
This letter is required by the ethics rules for attorneys in Nebraska and explains your options
related to my transition. I certainly plan on this transition occurring as seamlessly as possible, and look
forward to continuing to work with you
If you wish to transfer your public finance files to me at Gilmore & Bell, please sign the enclosed
letter and send it to Rembolt Ludtke in the enclosed envelope or you may fax it to (402) 475-5087
(Rembolt Ludtke) and (402) 474-5550 (Schellpeper).
If you wish to leave your files at Rembolt Ludtke, please advise me of this at your earliest
convenience. If I do not hear from you, I will assume that you prefer to leave your files at Rembolt
Ludtke. If you wish to take possession of any of your files, or have them delivered to other counsel you
should contact Rembolt Ludtke at (402) 475-5100. To the extent there may be work in progress on any
files, a prompt decision will facilitate continued attention to your matters.
About Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
Gilmore & Bell was established in 1979, and today is one of the leading public finance law firms
in the United States. The Firm primarily represents states, counties, cities, school districts and other
governmental and quasi -governmental entities as bond counsel in municipal finance transactions.
Complementing its core practice, Gilmore & Bell also acts as disclosure counsel and bank
counsel in municipal -debt issues and as corporate counsel in corporate securities financings. The Firm
also has an extensive tax and arbitrage rebate compliance practice.
Gilmore & Bell has offices in Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, Wichita, Kansas, and
Lincoln, Nebraska. While the Firm's public finance practice is concentrated in the Midwest, it has
represented issuers, underwriters and developers throughout the United States in certain areas such as
health care, housing, public power and municipal lease financings.
In 2005, Gilmore & Bell ranked 3rd in the United States in the number of bond counsel opinions
rendered on municipal bond issues, acting as bond counsel on approximately 455 issues aggregating in
excess of $6.27 billion. According to information published by Thompson Financial Securities Data, in
2005 the Firm ranked 1st in the Midwest Region, both in number and dollar volume of long-term state
and local government bond issues.
If you have any questions about the issues in this letter please call me at Gilmore & Bell (402-
474-5000) on or after February 16, 2007, the effective date of this change.
Kindest personal regards.
Sincerely,
F. William Schelipeper III
bschellpeper@gilmorebell.com
GILMORE & BELL, P.C.