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BickerstafF Heath Delgado Acosta LLP Firm Qualifications Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP (the "Firm") is a full -service governmental law firm that has provided redistricting legal services since 1980. In connection with our redistricting practice, the Firm also provides in-house demographic services as well as representing clients in voting rights and elections matters. We have represented hundreds of political subdivisions over the last 40-plus years. During the 2011 redistricting cycle, we represented approximately 100 political subdivisions, including 40 cities, 32 counties, 16 school districts, and multiple college districts and special districts. In addition, the Firm represented the Texas Senate in 2011 and 2013 to assist in congressional redistricting. More recently, in the 2021 redistricting cycle, our firm has thus far had the privilege of redistricting approximately 120 political subdivisions, including 52 cities, 39 counties, 21 school and college districts, and multiple special districts. Whether these entities needed merely an evaluation of redistricting requirements, a complete remapping of its districts, consolidation of districts or creation of additional districts, conversion from at -large to single -member voting systems, or counseling on litigation avoidance, our depth of experience with redistricting helped to make the process both successful and as smooth as possible for our clients. The Firm proposes a comprehensive solution to the City of La Porte's (the "City") redistricting needs and has the expertise and technology to provide full -scope redistricting services. Although other firms offer redistricting services, we differ in several key areas: More Experience — 2021 marked the fifth decennial redistricting cycle that the Firm has provided redistricting services since our founding in 1980. We have worked for some of the largest cities in Texas — including (among others) Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, along with numerous small and medium-sized cities throughout Texas, some of which include, the cities of Bryan, Port Arthur, Temple, Galveston, Tyler, and the Town of Little Elm. The geographic reach of our redistricting practice is statewide, and our attorneys present redistricting topics at state and national conferences. For example, the Firm's co-founder Bob Heath presented Decision #1: Data (addressing the data available to redistricting professionals and the critical choices that must be made) at the 2019 National Conference of State Legislatures Capitol Forum in Phoenix. He also presented Evenwel v. Abbott: Redistricting and the Meaning of Political Representation at the 2016 American Bar Association Conference in San Francisco. Additionally, our firm has extensive experience representing government clients regarding the federal Voting Rights Act, a critical component of the redistricting process. 1