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FROM: f ,
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa
P. �4 County
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DATE:
January 24 , 1995
SUBJECT:
Renewal of Contracts for Legal Defense Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize County Risk -Manager to execute contracts with
selected legal firms for defense of the County in liability, medical
malpractice and civil rights claims .
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Legal costs for liability and medical self-insurance programs are funded
through the Liability and'.Medical Malpractice' Trust Funds .
BACKGROUND:
Legal firms selected for ;defense of claims agreed - to three year contracts
that pay. $120 per hour for senior partners and $95 per hour for associates
on liability claims, $125 per hour for senior partners for medical
malpractice, federal court and appellate court specialists, and $115 per
hour for medical. malpractice defense associates . The contracts cover the
three-year period from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 1997 .
The following firms are selected to provide legal defense to the County:
1 . Bennett, Samuelsen, Reynolds 9 . - Ladar & Knapp
& Allard 10 . Lafayette, Kumagai & Clarke
2 . Bishop & Frick 11 . Low, Ball & Lynch
3 . Capps, Staples, Ward; Hastings 12 . . McNamara, Houston, Dodge,
& Dodson McClure & Ney
4 . Craddick, Candland & " Conti 13 . Mock & Gray
5 . Edrington, Schirmer, & Murphy 14 . Dan Ryan
6 . Gordon, DeFraga, Watrous 15 . Sellar, Hazard, Snyder, Kelly
& Pezzaglia, Inc. & Fitzgerald
7 . Harrison, Taylor &. Bazile 16 . Vaca & Vaca
8 . G. William Hunter
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF 804Z
MMI E
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON 2 19M APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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 DA HOWN.
Contact: Ron Harvey - 646-4155 JAN Z4
ca . CAO. Risk Management ATTESTED
Auditor-Controller PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
. ,Listed Law Firms SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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