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Legal Services Agreement <br />The Sohagi Law Group <br />April 5, 2010 <br />Page 2 <br />Margaret Sohagi is a recognized authority on the California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), climate <br />change and land use planning. For the past 20 years, Ms. Sohagi has <br />represented only public agencies in complex, high profile land use and <br />environmental transactional and litigation matters. Ms. Sohagi is also <br />an Adjunct Professor of Land Use Law at USC Law School, a state -wide <br />instructor in environmental law, and an instructor for the Judicial <br />Council of California where she teaches introductory and advanced CEQA <br />courses to Superior, Appellate, and Supreme Court Judges and court <br />attorneys. She is AV -rated for highest professional excellence and <br />ethical standards and is listed in Martindale Hubbell's Register of <br />Preeminent Lawyers and is also a member of the California Planning <br />Roundtable. <br />The firm will apply a maximum billing rate of $325 per hour for attorneys <br />assigned matters by the City Attorney. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />Funds are available in the Tax Increment Housing Set Aside Station <br />District Fund(account no. 50718830- 66220 - 00834001138). <br />APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: <br />Joseph W. Fletcher Francisco Gutierrez <br />City Attorney Executive Director <br />Finance & Management Services Agency <br />25H -2 <br />