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City Attorney Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/ca/ <br />Item # 50 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />June 21, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Agreements with Selected Law Firms to Provide Ongoing Legal Services <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve Agreements and Amendment for Ongoing Legal Services for City Attorney's Office <br />(Non -General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with (1) Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, <br />Ruud, & Romo, for the period of August 21, 2022 through June 30, 2025 in the amount of <br />$2,000,000; (2) Carpenter Rothans & Dumont LLP for the period of July 1, 2022 through <br />June 30, 2025 in the amount of $2,500,000; (3) Talley & Talley, APC for the period of July <br />1, 2022 through June 30, 2025 in the amount of $750,000; and one (1) amendment with <br />Graves & King, LLP, for the remaining period through June 30, 2024 to increase the not -to - <br />exceed compensation amount from $50,000 to $500,000 for legal services, as detailed <br />below, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and the City <br />Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In an effort to increase efficiency and streamline approvals for contract services related to <br />ongoing legal services, the City Attorney's Office is submitting this omnibus staff report for <br />four (4) legal services agreements. The City Attorney's Office asks the City Council to <br />approve the legal services agreements, as each supports ongoing operations related to <br />issues, which vary from labor and employment law, police defense, and general liability. The <br />various agreements, and the amendment, are for services with the following law firms and <br />in the amounts noted below: <br />(1) Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud, & Romo ("AALRR"). The legal services agreement with <br />AALRR is set at a not -to -exceed amount of $2,000,000 for the term of August 21, 2022 to <br />June 30, 2025 for legal services in the area of employment law. In 2018, the City Attorney's <br />Office selected AALRR to represent the City due to its decades of experience in representing <br />public entity clients in all aspects of labor and employment matters. The new agreement will <br />allow AALRR to continue to provide ongoing services to the City Attorney's Office, as <br />necessary, to respond to varied legal services or defend the City. <br />