Hires Orbach Huff law firm for facilities legal advice, up to $50,000 a year

The district is hiring the law firm Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson, LLP for as-needed legal advice on facilities and construction matters, except facilities and construction claims and litigation defense. A separate data sharing agreement sets how the firm may use and must protect student data. The work runs from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and the board is approving it after the agreement period began.

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Discrepancy from the official text. The title names the firm 'Orbach, Huff & Henderson LLP', but the action text names 'Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson, LLP'. (Confirmed by a second, independent AI reading.)

Vendor / partner: Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson, LLP
Action: New agreement
Category: Legal, compliance & risk
Term: Jul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
This vote: $50,000
Presented by: General Counsel
File: 24-2016 · agenda T.-89
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 11, 2024

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of Memorandum of Understanding and Engagement Policy (MOUEP) and Data Sharing Agreement (DSA), each, by and between District and Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson, LLP, by the MOUEP, retaining the latter to provide legal services to the District for facilities and construction related legal matters on an as needed basis, with the exception of facilities and construction related claims and litigation defense, for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 in a fiscal year, and, by the DSA, delineating the terms and conditions of the District’s transmission of or sharing of pupil data with Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson, LLP and of the protection by Orbach Huff Suarez & Henderson, LLP, of such data for the term.

History

Sep 11, 2024 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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