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EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS FIRST AMENDMENT, by and between American Processing Company, LLC, a Michigan limited
liability company (the “Company”); and David A. Trott (“Employee”), is entered into on this 29th
day of December 2008, but effective as of the applicable dates set forth below.

PRELIMINARY RECITALS

          A. Employment Agreement. The Company and Employee have entered into a written
Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), dated as of March 14, 2006 (the “Original
Effective Date”), which remains in effect. Since then, Employee has served as President of the
Company until September 20, 2008 (the “Second Effective Date”) when he began serving the Company
as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, pursuant to the Employment Agreement. Any
capitalized terms used in this Amendment, and not defined herein, shall have the meanings specified
in the Employment Agreement.

          B. Purpose of Amendment. The Company and Employee desire to minimize the risk to
Employee of premature income taxation and unnecessary penalties under Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), by amending certain provisions of the Employment
Agreement to comply with Section 409A of the Code or applicable guidance or regulations thereunder
and to reflect the change to Employee’s title occurring on the Second Effective Date.

AMENDMENT

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree to amend the Employment Agreement as follows:

          1. As of the Original Effective Date, two new sentences are hereby added at the end of Section
1, reading as follows:

Further, Employee shall not be entitled to Severance Pay pursuant to this Section 1
unless Employee’s termination without “Cause” constitutes a “Separation from Service”
as such term is defined under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code or applicable
guidance or regulations thereunder. Furthermore, the Severance Pay and any other
amount to be paid or benefit to be provided by the Company to the Employee under
Section 1 (and any other payment under this Agreement made in connection with
Employee’s termination of employment) which is deferred compensation subject to
Section 409A of the Code or applicable guidance or regulations thereunder, shall be
paid to Employee in a lump sum on the date which is six (6) months following the date
of Employee’s Separation from Service.

          2. As of the Second Effective Date, Employee’s position with the Company shall be Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer.

          3. As of the Original Effective Date, a new Section 27 is hereby inserted into this Agreement,
reading as follows:

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27. Section 409A. It is intended that any income or payments to Employee
provided pursuant to this Agreement (any such income or payments being referred to as
“Payments”) will not be subject to the additional tax and interest under Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code (a “Section 409A Tax”). The provisions of the Agreement
will be interpreted and construed in favor of complying with any applicable
requirements of Section 409A necessary in order to avoid the imposition of a Section
409A Tax. The Company and Employee agree to amend (including retroactively) the
Agreement in order to comply with Section 409A, including amending to facilitate the
ability of Employee to avoid the imposition of, or reduce the amount of, any Section
409A Tax. The Company and Employee shall reasonably cooperate to provide full effect
to this provisions and the consent to any amendment described in the preceding
sentence shall not be unreasonably withheld by either party. The parties agree that
neither party has (a) an obligation to bring any potential Section 409A Tax to the
attention of the other party or (b) any liability for any Section 409A Tax or any
other reporting or withholding obligation to the other party.

          4. Except as expressly amended in this First Amendment, the Employment Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect according to its terms.

          5. This First Amendment may be executed by facsimile or electronic transmission and in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and together shall constitute one instrument.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Employee and the Company have executed this Amendment on
the date first stated above, but effective retroactively as of the applicable effective dates
stated above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	COMPANY:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	AMERICAN PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC	 	 
	 	 	By: Dolan APC, LLC, its Manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	/s/ James P. Dolan	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By: James P. Dolan, its President	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	EMPLOYEE:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ David A. Trott	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	David A. Trott	 	 

2EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS FIRST AMENDMENT, by and between Dolan Media Company, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”); and Scott J. Pollei (“Executive”), is entered into on this 29th day of December 2008,
but effective as of the applicable dates set forth below.

PRELIMINARY RECITALS

          A. Employment Agreement. The Company and Executive have entered into a written
Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), dated as of April 1, 2007 (the “Original
Effective Date”), which remains in effect. Since then, Executive has continued to serve as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, pursuant to the Employment
Agreement. Any capitalized terms used in this Amendment, and not defined herein, shall have the
meanings specified in the Employment Agreement.

          B. Purpose of Amendment. The Company and Executive desire to minimize the risk to
Executive of premature income taxation and unnecessary penalties under Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), by amending certain provisions of the Employment
Agreement to comply with Section 409A of the Code or applicable guidance or regulations thereunder.

AMENDMENT

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree to amend the Employment Agreement as follows:

          1. As of the Original Effective Date, an new sentence is hereby added at the end of Section
2.2, reading as follows:

The Annual Bonus for a fiscal year shall be paid to Executive in a cash lump sum in
accordance with the terms of the Company’s annual bonus plan, but in any event shall
be paid within two and one-half months after such fiscal year.

          2. As of the Original Effective Date, the definition of “Good Reason” in Section 3.1(b) is
hereby amended to read as follows:

“Good Reason” means the occurrence, without Executive’s express written consent, of
any of the following events; provided, however, that Executive gives
the Company written notice of circumstances giving rise to any of the following
events no later than ninety (90) days after the date that such circumstances come
into existence; and provided further that any termination of Executive’s
employment for Good Reason, as a result of any such event or condition that is not
timely cured, must occur no later than the second anniversary of the date that such
event occurs: (i) the Company moves its principal offices from the Minneapolis-St.
Paul metropolitan area and requires Executive to relocate to the vicinity of such new
offices; (ii) any material diminution by the Company in Executive’s duties or
responsibilities inconsistent with the terms hereof, which diminution remains uncured
thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of written notice of such breach; (iii)
the Company materially breaches any of its obligations hereunder, which breach
remains

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uncured thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of written notice of such
breach; (iv) a material diminution in Executive’s Base Salary or the target amount of
any Annual Bonus, or a material diminution in Benefits available to Executive on the
Effective Date or as hereafter may be made available to Executive, other than, in
each case under this clause (iv): (x) any such diminution that is cured within thirty
(30) days after receipt by the Company of written notice of such diminution, or (y)
any diminution of Benefits that also applies to the other senior executives of the
Company.

          3. As of the Original Effective Date, the last sentence of Section 3.2(b) (concerning certain
payments due after termination of Executive’s employment by the Company without Cause or by
Executive with Good Reason) is hereby deleted and replaced by three sentences reading as follows:

If the Company does not execute and deliver any such release to Executive at least
sixty (60) days before the end of the six (6) month period following Executive’s
Separation from Service, the Company shall be deemed to have elected not to require
Executive’s execution of such a release. If the Company shall have timely executed
and delivered such a release to Executive, and Executive either fails to execute and
deliver the release to the Company at least thirty (30) days before the end of that
six (6) month period, or he does so but rescinds such release before any payment is
otherwise due under Section 3.2(b)(iii) or Section 3.2(b)(iv), the Company shall have
no obligations under Sections 3.2(b)(iii) and (iv). Except for the Company’s
obligations, if any, under this Section 3.2(b) and as otherwise provided in Section
3.3, the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder, including under Section
2, or otherwise with respect to Executive’s employment, from and after the
termination date.

          4. Except as expressly amended in this First Amendment, the Employment Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect according to its terms.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Executive and the Company have executed this Amendment on
the date first stated above, but effective retroactively as of the applicable effective dates
stated above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	COMPANY:
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	DOLAN MEDIA COMPANY	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ James P. Dolan	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By: James P. Dolan, Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ John Bergstrom	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By: John Bergstrom, Chairman of the
Compensation Committee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	EXECUTIVE:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Scott J. Pollei	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Scott J. Pollei	 	 

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