DATE: April 10, 2000

CONTACT: Karen L. Dyck, Marketing Director
(612) 373-8478, by email to kdyck@felhaber.com

For Immediate Release

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA -- The Twin Cities law firm of FELHABER LARSON FENLON AND VOGT, P.A., is pleased to announce that effective April 10, 2000,
J. Patrick Brinkman, Harold LeVander, Jr., and Richard C. Salmen have joined
the firm.

Brinkman concentrates his practice in the areas of business organization and planning, commercial transactions and financing, business and commercial lending, commercial real estate, and mergers and acquisitions. LeVander focuses on public utilities, employment, cooperative and corporate law. Salmen represents clients in bankruptcy, business organizations and reorganizations, commercial transactions, business and commercial lending, and real estate law.

"We are very pleased to have these experienced practitioners join our firm. The existing depth and strength of our commercial practice is enhanced, particularly in the areas of public utilities and bankruptcy. Our ability to meet clients needs has been expanded," Russell J. Sudeith, Jr., Chairman of the Board.

Brinkman is a Certified Public Accountant and is a Real Estate Specialist certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association. He has been designated as one of Minnesota's Super Lawyers® by Minnesota Law & Politics and Mpls.-St. Paul magazine in 2000. He received a B.A. in accounting from the University of St. Thomas and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.

LeVander received a B.A. in political science, magna cum laude, from Gustavus Adolphus College and a LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He has been designated as one of Minnesota's Super Lawyers® by Minnesota Law & Politics and Mpls.-St. Paul magazine in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Founded in Saint Paul in 1943, Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, P.A. has offices in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. With over 55 attorneys, the firm serves clients in the areas of corporate and commercial law, employee benefits, employment law, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor law representing management, litigation, real estate, transportation law, and workers' compensation.