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Meeting Date:
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5/2/2024 - 6:00 PM
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Category:
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Reorganization Action Items
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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9.14 Resolution Authorizing Appointment of Outside Counsel and Award of Legal Services Agreements for 2024-2025
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Strategic Plans:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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WHEREAS the Board of Education of the City of Newark desires to award contracts with outside legal counsel for the 2024-2025 school year; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-5a(1), the Board of Education is authorized to award term contracts for professional services with terms of one year without advertising for bids or public bidding; and
WHEREAS, each of the law firms listed herein has been found by the General Counsel to have the requisite expertise and, as a group, these law firms meet the need for qualified counsel with specialized experience necessary to handle legal matters on behalf of the Board for which it does not possess adequate in-house resources;
WHEREAS General Counsel recommends award or renewal of professional services contract with each of the law firms listed below, with the following billing rates: (a) for workers’ compensation matters: for each assigned claim, $2,000.00 at opening, $1,000.00 plus expenses at disposition, $125.00 per hour for any trial or any motion for med/temp including the presentation of testimony; and flat fee of $750.00 for any medical provider application filed on any accident and/or occupational claim; (b) for school bond matters: preparation of election documents for a successful election, $2,000; services in connection with short-term bond anticipation notes, $.80/$1000 principal amount, minimum $3,500; services in connection with bond issuance, $5,000 + $1.10/$1,000 principal amount; minimum $10,000; services in connection with lease purchase financing, $5,000 + $1.00/$1,000 principal amount; minimum $10,000; and services in connection with refunding bond issuance, $10,000 + $1.10/$1,000 principal amount; (c) for specialized real estate/construction matters (Lasser Hochman, L.L.C. only): $350 per hour for attorneys; and (d) for all other matters: $200 per hour for attorneys and $90 per hour for paralegals.
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Funding :
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Recommendation to the Board:
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board hereby authorizes and approves term contracts for professional legal services to the following law firms for the 2024-2025 fiscal year at the billing rates stated above, subject to the availability of funds:
Antonelli, Kantor, Rivera, P.C.
Adams Lattiboudere, Croot, & Herman LLC (formerly Adams Gutierrez Lattiboudere LLC) Biancamano & De Stefano, P.C.
Braff Harris & Sukoneck
Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs LLC
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole, & Giblin LLP
Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley
Inglesino, Webster, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLC
Lasser Hochman, L.L.C.
Leitner Tort Defazio & Brause
Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC
Machado Law Group
Methfessel and Werbel, P.C.
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP
Sattiraju & Tharney, LLP
Schenck Price Smith & King, LLP
Spiro Harrison & Nelson LLP
Taylor Law Group; LLC,
The Busch Law Group
The Hickerson-Breedon Law Firm PC
Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Flanaga LLP
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Nancy J. Deering - Director of Board Relations
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Signed By:
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Brenda Liss - General Counsel
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Signed By:
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Roger León - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Josephine Garcia Moved, Member Dawn Haynes seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board hereby authorizes and approves term contracts for professional legal services to the following law firms for the 2024-2025 fiscal year at the billing rates stated above, subject to the availability of funds:
Antonelli, Kantor, Rivera, P.C.
Adams Lattiboudere, Croot, & Herman LLC (formerly Adams Gutierrez Lattiboudere LLC) Biancamano & De Stefano, P.C.
Braff Harris & Sukoneck
Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs LLC
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole, & Giblin LLP
Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley
Inglesino, Webster, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLC
Lasser Hochman, L.L.C.
Leitner Tort Defazio & Brause
Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC
Machado Law Group
Methfessel and Werbel, P.C.
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP
Sattiraju & Tharney, LLP
Schenck Price Smith & King, LLP
Spiro Harrison & Nelson LLP
Taylor Law Group; LLC,
The Busch Law Group
The Hickerson-Breedon Law Firm PC
Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Flanaga LLP
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 8 - 0 | | | | | Helena Vinhas | Yes | | Kanileah Anderson | Yes | | Allison K. James-Frison | Yes | | Crystal Williams | Yes | | Hasani Council | Yes | | Vereliz Santana | Yes | | Dawn Haynes | Yes | | Josephine Garcia | Yes | |
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