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Staff Report for a Resolution Approving a New Legal Services Agreement with the Law Firm of Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
StaffReport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve a new legal services agreement with the law firm of Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson to provide City Attorney and litigation services for the City
BACKGROUND and ANALYSIS
At the direction of the City Council, the City Manager's Office developed an agreement for legal services with the law firm of Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson ("Meyers Nave") for consideration. Terms of the attached agreement are as follows:
1) Effective Date of Agreement: June 1, 2013
2) Rates:
a) City Attorney services (all services defined in previous legal services agreements and related amendments with Meyers Nave as Basic and Special, as well as all Successor Agency, Pitchess motions, weapons confiscations, code enforcement advice and counsel (except code enforcement litigation), and Labor & Employment work except as provided under Litigation in Section (b) below, will be charged at a blended rate of $210 per hour. Paralegal services will be billed at $135/hr.
b) Litigation, which includes all work (1) after a notice or summons has been served; (2) a decision to initiate litigation, or condemn property is approved by the City Council or Successor Agency; (3) preparing for and appearing at administrative hearings or proceedings before other public agencies, hearing officers or regulatory bodies related to: (i) PERB hearings; (ii) fact finding hearings; (iii) mediations and arbitrations; (iv) employee disciplinary hearings; (v) grievance hearings; and (vi) notices of violation, will be charged at a blended rate of $264 per hour except for paralegal services, which will be billed at $135/hr. Budgets will be submitted and approved by the City Manager or his designee for all litigation matters. These litigation rates do not apply to tort litigation assigned to attorneys from qua...
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