Ratifies Fisher & Phillips for immigration-related legal work, up to $50,000 a year through 2024

The Board is ratifying a legal services engagement agreement (formally a Memorandum of Understanding and Engagement Policy) that lets the Office of the General Counsel retain Fisher & Phillips LLP for immigration-related matters and other legal work as needed. It runs July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024, with a limit of $50,000 in each fiscal year.

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Vendor / partner: Fisher & Phillips LLP
Action: New agreement
Category: Legal, compliance & risk
Term: Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2024
This vote: $50,000
Presented by: General Counsel
File: 22-1369 · agenda V.-77
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jun 8, 2022

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding and Engagement Policy by and between District and Fisher & Phillips LLP, authorizing the Office of the General Counsel to retain Fisher & Phillips to provide legal services to the District for immigration related matters and other legal services on an as needed basis, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $50,000 in a fiscal year.

History

Jun 8, 2022 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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