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P Chicago Office 200 East Randolph Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 Telex 25-4361 312 861-2000 To Call Writer Direct 303 291- 3022 KIRKLAND 8, ELLIS A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS 1999 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80202 303 291-3000 August 16, 1989 Washington Office 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 202 879-5000 Nik Skrinjaric, Esq. JONES, JONES, CLOSE & BROWN Seventh Floor - Valley Bank Plaza 300 South Fourth Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-6026 Re: Nevada Power Co. v. Monsanto Company Dear Mr. Skrinjaric: The purpose of this letter is to advise you of a prior, completed representation by our Chicago office of Nevada Power. The representation was completed last year and it did not involve PCBs or any type of equipment involved in the current litigation. This law firm has never had any ongoing relationship with Nevada Power and never before represented Nevada Power. In May, 1988, an attorney from Beckley, Singleton, DeLaney, Jamison & List of Las Vegas requested that the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis act as local counsel in a discovery dispute. Beckley, Singleton represented Nevada Power in a Nevada state court case against several contractors who built the cooling towers for the Reed Gardner #4 power plant. The dispute at issue involved the discoverability of the work product of a consultant to Nevada Power located in Illinois. Our representation of Nevada Power ended in November, 1988. No attorney from Kirkland apparently had contact with Nevada Power employees during this representation. Kirkland & Ellis was retained by Beckley, Singleton and submitted its bills directly to that firm. Kirkland & Ellis has never worked on any matter for Nevada Power that relates to PCBs or the electrical equipment involved in the current lawsuit. Page 2 KIRKLAND 8. ELLIS No member of the Denver office of Kirkland & Ellis, which is representing Monsanto in the current litigation, was in any way involved in the prior Nevada Power representation. I do not believe this prior representation has any bearing on our representation of Monsanto in this case, but I wanted to bring it to your attention. If you have any questions, please call me. Vey--3fuly yours, tf-- Featherstone BAF664M. cc: Bruce Alverson, Esq.