Retains McCormick Barstow law firm for up to $99,100 a year in legal work through June 2025
The district's Legal Department may hire McCormick Barstow Law Firm, through letters of engagement, for legal advice, counsel and defense, including claims and lawsuits, as needed. All letters under this agreement together cannot exceed $99,100 in a fiscal year. It is a paid services agreement even though it is called a Memorandum of Understanding and Engagement Policy. The period is November 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025, and the board is approving it after it began.
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- Vendor / partner
- McCormick Barstow Law Firm
- Action
- New agreement
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- Legal, compliance & risk
- Term
- Nov 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025
- This vote
- $99,100
- Funding
- Chief Governance Office
- Presented by
- General Counsel
- File
22-2950· agendaI.-79- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 17, 2023
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Memorandum of Understanding and Engagement Policy (MOUEP) by and between District and McCormick Barstow Law Firm, authorizing the District's Legal Department, in the form of Letters of Engagement, to retain the latter to provide legal advice, counsel and defense (including defense of Government Code claims and civil litigation) as requested by the Legal Department on an as needed basis, with the cumulative amount of Letters of Engagement under this MOUEP, not to exceed $99,100.00 in a fiscal year, for the period of November 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
History
- Postponed to a Date Certain
- Adopted on the General Consent Report
Also on the agenda: Jan 11, 2023