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City Attorney Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/ca <br />Item # 20 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 15, 2022 <br />TOPIC: First Amendment to Legal Services Agreements <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve First Amendments to Legal Services Agreements with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard <br />& Smith LLP and Everett Dorey LLP Establishing Total Agreement Compensation and <br />Expanding Scope (General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the Assistant City Manager to execute the First Amendment to Legal <br />Services Agreement with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP increasing the total <br />agreement compensation to $750,000 and increasing the scope of services to include <br />additional pending litigation subject to non-substantive changes approved by <br />Assistant City Manager and Chief Assistant City Attorney; and <br />2. Authorize the Assistant City Manager to execute the First Amendment to Legal <br />Services Agreement with Everett Dorey LLP increasing the total agreement <br />compensation to $400,000 and increasing the scope of services to include additional <br />pending litigation subject to non-substantive changes approved Assistant City <br />Manager and Chief Assistant City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On November 8, 2021, the Santa Ana Police Officers Association and Gerry Serrano filed <br />a complaint in Orange County Superior Court against the City, the Santa Ana Police <br />Department, and four individually named City Defendants. The matter has since been <br />removed to federal court. On November 8, 2021, the Santa Ana Police Officers <br />Association and Doe Officers filed a complaint in Orange County Superior Court against <br />the City, Santa Ana Police Department, City Attorney’s Office and three individually <br />named City Defendants. <br />Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is a well-regarded, full-service national law firm and <br />the attorneys defending the litigation are experienced employment defense civil <br />litigators. Likewise, Everett Dorey LLP is a well-regarded, civil litigation defense firm