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and judicial requirements, furnish grounds for the firm either to terminate our representation or cease performing services for you until arrangements for the payment of such additional retainer(s) satisfactory to us have been made. 9. Work Assignments The firm retains the discretion, consistent with our professional obligations, to assign your work to firm lawyers, paralegals, law clerks and support staff as it sees fit, whether for the sake of efficiency, to accomplish cost savings, or for any other reason as it deems necessary or desirable. However, the client will, at all times, be apprised of the identity of the attorney primarily responsible for his or her representation or matter and such responsible attorney will be available to discuss the representation, matter, or use of other personnel with the client upon request. Should you have any concerns about the staffing or handling of your matter, please bring them to the attention of the responsible attorney promptly. 10. Federal Tax Advice Federal tax regulations now provide that a taxpayer may not rely on any written advice for the avoidance of federal tax penalties or for promoting a strategy or investment unless the advice complies with formal and extensive rules. Because the amount of time and effort, and therefore the expense to the client, of writing a formal tax opinion will generally far exceed the benefit to a client, we believe that it is neither sensible nor cost effective to our clients for us to routinely structure any written advice regarding federal taxes. Therefore, any written communication from a member of this firm regarding a federal tax issue, unless expressly stated otherwise in such communication, is not intended, or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding federal tax penalties, or for promoting, marketing or recommending to any other party any matters addressed therein. 11. Document Retention Policy Upon completion of the matter, we will return to you any of your documents or other property. For various reasons, including avoiding unnecessary storage expenses, any documents or other property that you do not want returned will be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with our usual and standard document retention practices. 12. Questions If you have any questions or are unclear about any aspect of our arrangements or representation, please discuss your questions or concerns as soon as possible with the attorney primarily responsible for your representation or matter. It is important that we proceed with our services to you on a mutually clear and satisfactory basis.