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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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DATE*. February 27, 1990 (J'o^
SUBJECT: Approval of Contracts for Legal Defense Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize Chair, Board of Supervisors, to execute contracts
with selected legal firms for defense of the County in liability, medical
malpractice and civil tights claims.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Legal costs for liability and medical liability self-insurance programs are
funded through the Liability and Medical Malpractice Trust Funds.
Legal firms selected for defense of liability claims agreed to two year
contracts that pay $95; per hour for Senior Partners and $88 per hour for
Associates. Medical defense firms also agreed to two year contracts that
pay $105 per hour.
The following firms are selected to provide legal defense to the County:
1 . Archer, McComas & Lageson
2 . Bennett, Samuelsen, Reynolds & Allard
3 . Bishop & Frick
4. Burnhill, Morehouse, Burford, Schofield & Schiller
5. Capps, Staples, Ward, Hastings & Dodson
6 . Craddick, Candland & Conti
7. Gibbons, Lees & Edrington
8. Gordon, DeFraga, Watrous & Pezzaglia, Inc.
9. Jerrold M. Ladar
10. Low, Ball & Lynch
11. Martin, Ryan; & Andrada
12. McGlynn, McLorg & McDowell
13 . McNamara, Houston, Dodge, McClure & Ney
14. Dan Ryan
15 . Sellar, Hazard, Snyder, Kelly & Fitzgerald
16. Stoddard, Lepper & Falco
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE;
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEN A ION F B A D COMMITTEE
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APPROVE ;OTHER
SIGNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
FEB 2 7 1990
cc: CAO Risk I3anagement ATTESTED
Auditor-Controller; PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Listed Law Firms SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
(via Risk Management)
M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY