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<br />.c INSURflNCE ON FILE <br />WORK MAY PROCEED <br />UN~ lä~A~~~XP'RES <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL <br />DATE~IO-/:Z-01 <br /> <br />C,.:UtD <br />LJf~ <br /> <br />A-2004-186 <br /> <br />~L SILBERBERG & KNuPP LLP <br />11377 WEST QLYMPIC BQULEYA tD,Los Á,NGELE$, CA 90,0,64 <br />PHQNE(3IO,J31Z.1000 . FAX(310)31;¡.3100 <br /> <br />CLIENT ENGAGEMENT AGRUMENT <br /> <br />DATE <br />September 9, 2004 <br /> <br />CLIENT NAME AND ADDRESS <br /> <br />Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza M-29 <br />P.O. Box 1988 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br /> <br />This . Client Engagement Agreement ("Agreement'') is entered into. by and <br />between Mitchell Silberb!,rg &, Knupp LLP ("w<f' or "us") and City of Santa Ana ("you"). <br /> <br />We are yf#Y pleas!,d to have the opportunity tp render legal services for you. This <br />Agreement sets forth the tenns and conditions of our representation. We apologize for the <br />formal tone ofthis Agreement, However, the law and professional rules under which we operate <br />e!1êOUI1/ge, and in some cases require,~t we d.escriJ:x,in a formal document the tmns of our <br />retention. Moreover, weca.tm{jt give you legal advice with.respeét to our retention. If yöu thirtk <br />it appropriate, you must seck such legal advice el$eWh(:r'e. <br /> <br />1. You have asked us and weagi'êê to represent you with re$peptto City of <br />Huntin!!tOn Beaéh v. HuntinjrtonBeachPoliceofficers.Associ!!llim, Case No. SACVO 1-01125 <br />JVS (ANx). filed in ~ Œ;1Ìte<l States Distric¡t Calm fprthe Central Districtof~1îforuia <br />("Huntimrton Beach matter"). Unless you and we make a different agreement in Writing, this <br />AgreementwiIl govern aU future services we maypmorm for you on any other individual <br />matter that we agree to handle. Our representation of You on an inøividual matter shall.e!1d whe!'l <br />we have completed our essetltÌal work: on that individual matter. <br /> <br />2. On those matters covered by this Agreement, we agree to provide those <br />legal services reasonably required to represc!1t You, to take reasonable steps to kc:ep you <br />informed of developtrIents i!1SUéh matters, and to respond to yoùrreasonable inquiries. You <br />agree to cooperate fully with Us, to provide Us with information pertaining to sucItmatters,to <br />keep us informed of developments, to abide by this Agrccmlent, an4 to pay our bills in a timely <br />manner as required by this Agreement. <br /> <br />3.. AttQruey Arthur Pi!1e will be primarily respol1Sible for representing you in <br />the Huntington Beach matter. Although Mr. Fine clUJ,'ently has an hourly rate of $500.00, our <br />fees will be ealculated and bilIedat äblended rateof$3S0.00 per hour for aU attorneys who <br />work on the Huntin!!ton Beach matter. Our CUrrent hourly rates ror paraIegaIs and project <br />assistants range from $10510 $ 170. The foregoing hourly rates applyto all time spent on the <br />Huntimzton Beach matter, inclUding but not limited to the following: persotlaI andte1ephone <br />conferences; preparing,. analyzing, and reviewing correSpondence; factuaIand legal researc¡h; <br />preparing, analyzing, and revÎewil1g documents; conducting negotiations; engaging in <br /> <br />070(}199.DOC <br /> <br />I <br />