CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
ATTORNEY SERVICES WORKERS’ COMPENSATION DEFENSE
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: March 28, 2025
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT
1600 TRUXTUN AVENUE, 4th FLOOR
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
(661) 326-3738
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OBJECTIVES
Request for Proposals – Professional Services
Attorney Services Workers’ Compensation Defense
The City of Bakersfield (City) is interested in obtaining competitive proposals from qualified law firm(s) to provide attorney services to defend litigated Workers’ Compensation claims.
GENERAL BACKGROUND
The City currently employs approximately 2,029 permanent employees, including 505 police officers and 198 fire personnel.
The City encompasses an area of 150 square miles and covers a variety of services including: Police, Fire, Water Utility, Streets Maintenance, Solid Waste Refuse, Wastewater Treatment, and Recreation and Parks Maintenance.
There are approximately 235 litigated workers’ compensation claims handled by the outside defense firm. Virtually all litigated claims are handled through the Bakersfield Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The City has two alternative dispute resolution programs, “carve- outs”, one with our police department, Bakersfield Police Officers Association (BPOA) and the other with our fire department, Bakersfield Professional Firefighters Local 246 (Local 246).
SCHEDULED ACTIVITES
To the extent achievable, the following schedule shall govern the review, evaluation and award of the proposal. The City reserves the right to modify the dates below in accordance with its review process.
Activity Estimated Schedule Date
1. Availability of the Request for Proposal February 28, 2025
2. Closing Date for the Request for Proposal March 28, 2025
3. Review/Interviews (if needed) April 2025
4. Evaluation Committee's Selection April 2025
5. Agreement to Council for approval May 14, 2025
6. Agreement Performance to Commence July 1, 2025
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The City seeks qualified law firm(s) specializing in the defense of litigated Workers’ Compensation claims to provide legal services for the City. This service specifically entails providing legal review, advice and representation of the City before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Law firms should specify if they handle: serious and willful actions, Labor Code § 132a, subrogation, and industrial disability retirement. It is anticipated that, unless terminated earlier, the term of this Agreement is five years, with pricing established as part of the law firms submitted proposals. 3 Workers’ Compensation Defense Services RFP 2025
PROPOSALS
The following criteria shall be required of all proposals submitted to provide some consistency for the Selection Committee reviewing these proposals. Any proposal not conforming to these requirements may be rejected.
Written proposals should be submitted from firms capable of performing services required. Specific performance criteria will be incorporated into the final agreement. A draft agreement is included as Exhibit A.
Proposals should detail the services that the law firm will provide to the City. Additional supporting materials may accompany the law firm’s response.
A. Transmittal/Cover Letter
Proposals shall be addressed to Jena Covey, Risk Manager, City of Bakersfield , and include the name, title, address, and telephone number of the contact person responsible for the proposal so that the City may contact them regarding the proposal throughout the period of evaluation. Acknowledgement of receipt of any addenda shall be made in the Transmittal/Cover Letter, and the letter must be signed by the law firm’s principal with contractual responsibility to bind the firm to the terms of the agreement.
B. Personnel/Experience
This section shall include:
1. Name and experience of the Attorney(s) who will be assigned to this agreement. The Attorney(s) shall, in addition to meeting the minimum qualifications as shown in Item “2” in this Section, have at least three years’ experience as an attorney handling workers’ compensation claims.
2. Minimum Qualifications that must be met by individual(s) who will be assigned to the project are as follows:
a) Member in good standing of the California State Bar Association.
b) Three years’ experience as a defense attorney handling public entity workers’ compensation claims.
3. Resumes should include previous experience that most closely relates to the type and scope of work for this Request for Proposal (RFP).
The City of Bakersfield Risk Management Division reserves the right to interview attorneys that are proposed for this account. The City reserves the right to reject any attorney proposed to perform services for the City’s account.
C. Exhibit A – Sample Attorney Retainer Agreement
The sample Attorney Retainer Agreement for the City of Bakersfield is attached to this RFP as Exhibit A.
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D. Fees, Costs and Expenses
The RFP must contain a detailed listing of the law firm’s hourly billing rates, including a breakdown by additional staff, if applicable, i.e. Lead Attorney, Associate Attorney, Paralegal, Legal Assistant, Clerical Support Personnel. In addition, the RFP must list all costs, fees and other charges to be anticipated during the term of the Agreement and which will be charged to the City of Bakersfield in connection with work performed under the Agreement. All fees, costs and expenses should be completed and attached to the proposal as Appendix A.
SELECTION OF ATTORNEY
Firms submitting a proposal must provide, in their submittal, verifiable evidence, such as references, demonstrating that they have considerable current and past experience in providing the services necessary for the work as described in this RFP.
The City will evaluate law firms based on demonstrated experience in workers’ compensation defense, hourly fee schedule, other charges, expenses and fees, and location of servicing office.
The City’s Risk Manager and the evaluation team will review each proposal for completeness. Responding firms may be invited for personal interviews prior to final selection to further elaborate on their proposals, if deemed necessary by the City.
The City reserves the right to award an agreement or agreements to the firm or firms which, in the sole judgment of the City, best accomplishes the desired results.
The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, or to waive minor irregularities in a proposal.
The City reserves the right to negotiate minor deviations to the proposal(s) with the successful firm(s). However, final agreement language rests with the City in its sole discretion. The firm(s) chosen will be required to sign an agreement with the City attached as Exhibit A.
The top qualified firm(s) will then be recommended to the City Council.
The City reserves the right to assign each claim, individually, to the best qualified firm.
City may negotiate fee with best qualified successful firm(s). If agreement is not reached, City reserves the right to negotiate with next qualified firm(s).
SOLICITATION CAVEAT
The law firm understands and agrees that the City shall have no financial responsibility for any costs incurred by the law firm in responding to this RFP and shall not be liable for any costs attributed to their own study and investigation of the proposal. The City shall also have no financial responsibility for any costs incurred by the law firm until an executed agreement with the City has been authorized in writing to proceed. The City reserves the right to terminate this RFP at any time.
The submission of a proposal shall be conclusive evidence that the law firm has investigated and satisfied themselves as to the conditions to be encountered; the 5 Workers’ Compensation Defense Services RFP 2025
character, quality, and scope of work to be performed; and any municipal and ordinance requirements of the City of Bakersfield.
AGREEMENT DOCUMENTS
A sample copy of the Agreement is included as Exhibit A to this RFP. Please review the agreement carefully. The law firm agrees, that if selected, to enter into a written agreement, substantially the same as the draft attached hereto.
The City will not approve any requested modifications to the agreement, including the insurance clause and the indemnity clause of this agreement. At the time of agreement execution, the law firm will be required to provide evidence of insurance coverage (Certificates of Insurance) as specified in the agreement.
Failure to execute the agreement without alteration may result in the rejection of the proposal and retaining of a different attorney by the City.
An acknowledgement line that reads as follows will be found below the signature line on the sample agreement. The law firm must review the sample agreement carefully prior to signing it.
“I have received and reviewed the sample ATTORNEY RETAINER AGREEMENT, which was included in the City’s RFP, including the INDEMNITY clause. My signature on the Sample Attorney Retainer Agreement signifies our firm’s acceptance of said agreement if our firm is selected for awarding an agreement for the project as described in said RFP. This acceptance is made with the understanding that the Compensation clause will be modified to contain the amounts and dates established for this agreement.”
CONFLICTS AND COVENANT NOT TO USE
The selected law firm shall represent no client adverse to the interests of the City and shall covenant not to bring or participate in any legal action against the City. Review the attached agreement for more information.
TERM OF THE AGREEMENT
The term of this Agreement shall continue for a period of five (5) years commencing July 1, 2025. Pricing for renewal years is to be agreed upon in the Agreement. The Agreement shall contain a clause providing for ten (10) days written Notice of Cancellation by either party without cause.
SELECTION PROCESS
The most qualified respondents may be interviewed by a selection committee, if needed. It may be necessary to request a more detailed written proposal from those finalists.
REJECTION OF PROPOSALS
The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received and to waive any informality, technical defect or clerical error in any proposal as the interest of the City may require. Applicants submitting proposals which do not substantially meet the requirements will be considered noncompliant.
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SELECTION CRITERIA
The City reserves the right to award this agreement to the firm which, in the opinion of the City, most closely demonstrates compatibility with the City’s expressed goals and objectives, service needs, references, experience of the firm, and pricing options, and not necessarily to the firm with the lowest cost.
The City may make such investigation as it deems necessary to determine the ability of a proposer to furnish the required services, and the proposer will furnish to the City all such information and data for this purpose as the City may request. Any material misrepresentation or material falsification of information provided to the City in the proposal submission, or at any point in the proposal evaluation process is basis for rejection of the proposal. In the event that the misrepresentation or falsification is not discovered until after any agreement is awarded, the agreement may be terminated at that time. A determination as to whether a misrepresentation or falsification of the proposal submission is material shall be made solely in the exercise of the City’s discretion.
Failure to provide requested information or unwillingness to accept the terms, conditions and other requirements of the RFP and sample agreement may result in rejection of the proposal.
ADDENDA
Addenda issued by the City interpreting or changing any of the items of this RFP shall be incorporated into this RFP. The law firm shall sign and date the addenda cover sheet, if any, and submit them with the proposal (or deliver them to the Risk Management Division, if law firm has previously submitted its proposal to City). Failure to receive any addenda shall be the sole responsibility of the law firm. Law firm shall check with City to ensure all addenda have been received prior to submitting any proposal. City shall not be held liable in any event for failure of law firm to receive addenda or letters of clarification.
ADDRESS
It shall be the sole responsibility of the law firm to ensure City has the firm’s proper address. City is not responsible for any misdirection, late delivery, or non-delivery of mail to law firm.
RELIANCE
Law firm shall rely only upon the RFP, letters of clarification and addenda in submitting proposals. Said proposal, letters of clarification and addenda shall include only those documents so labeled and mailed, faxed or hand-delivered by City to all law firms.
RIGHT TO REJECT OR AWARD
The issuance of this RFP does not constitute an award commitment on the part of the City, neither shall the City pay for costs incurred in the preparation of or submission of proposals. City reserves the right to reject all proposals. City reserves the right to award all, or a portion of, or none of the work set forth in this RFP. City does not, by publishing this RFP, or by awarding an agreement to any law firm, guarantee any quantity of work.
City reserves the right to terminate this RFP for any reason or for no reason at all.
TIME
Time is of the essence in this RFP and all responses thereto. 7 Workers’ Compensation Defense Services RFP 2025
CITY PROPERTY
Unless otherwise required by law, all proposals submitted and accepted by City shall, upon acceptance, become the property of the City and shall become a public record upon acceptance and award.
IRREGULARITY WAIVER
The right is reserved by the City of Bakersfield to reject any or all proposals and to waive any irregularities or informalities not affected by law in any proposals received, to evaluate in its absolute discretion, the proposals submitted and to award the agreement according to the proposal which best serves the interests of the City.
UNDERSTANDING PROPOSAL
In submitting this proposal, the law firm agrees that they have carefully examined the specifications herein and all other provisions applying thereto and understands the intent, meanings, and requirements of the same. The law firm agrees, that if selected, to enter into a written agreement, substantially the same as the draft attached hereto, to furnish the items and/or services in the time specified, in strict conformity with the specifications and conditions proposed for the sum stated in said proposal. If the law firm has ANY changes to the attached draft agreement or does not understand any intent, meaning, or requirement of the draft agreement or City’s Request for Proposal, the firm shall state questions, in writing, to the City of Bakersfield prior to signing the proposed draft agreement. Failure to fully clear up any questions in a timely manner shall rest solely and totally upon the law firm and City reserves the right to de-select the law firm for failure to execute the agreement as proposed.
DEADLINE
Five (5) copies of your proposal should be received via mail or hand delivery no later than Friday, March 28, 2025 at 4:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time , at the following address. No proposals will be accepted via facsimile or by email. The City assumes no responsibility for non-receipt of submittal packages due to any delay, including, but not limited to, carrier delay. It is the proposer’s responsibility to meet the deadline stated above. There will be no exceptions to the deadline.
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
Attention: Jena Covey, Risk Manager
1600 Truxtun Avenue, 4th Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PROPOSAL OR SPECIFICATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO JENA COVEY, RISK MANAGER (661) 326-3738.
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AGREEMENT NO.
ATTORNEY RETAINER AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on , by and
between the CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, a chartered municipal corporation, (referred to herein as "CITY") and (referred to herein as "ATTORNEY").
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, it is necessary and appropriate that legal services be performed for CITY to represent CITY, its officers and employees with respect to workers’ compensation defense and subrogation legal services for which counsel with specialized knowledge and experience is needed; and
WHEREAS, CITY desires to retain ATTORNEY to perform legal services on behalf of CITY with respect to the matters described below.
NOW, THEREFORE, incorporating the foregoing recitals herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. SERVICES TO BE RENDERED: ATTORNEY will represent the CITY in workers compensation matters as requested by City in accordance with the Request for Proposals attached as Exhibit A.
General Miscellaneous Issues
2. COMPENSATION TO ATTORNEY. Compensation for all work, services or products called for under this Agreement shall be paid as follows: CITY shall compensate ATTORNEY for all services performed by ATTORNEY on an hourly basis, at the rates set forth in Appendix A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The maximum amount of fees payable under this Agreement shall NOT EXCEED ANNUALLY. All payments for services will be made by the City’s third party claims administrator after their review and approval. CITY shall pay no finance charge to ATTORNEY. The compensation set forth in this section shall be the total compensation for service by ATTORNEY, including all approved out -of-pocket costs incurred. CITY shall pay no other fee than the compensation listed in this section unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the CITY.
3. TERM. This Agreement shall continue for a period of five (5) years commencing July 1, 2025. The CITY may terminate the Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice. In the event of early termination, ATTORNEY shall be paid only Workers’ Compensation Defense Services RFP 2025
for work satisfactorily completed up to the date of termination and delivered to and accepted by the CITY.
4. ACCEPTANCE OF ASSIGNMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS. ATTORNEY, with respect to the matter(s) assigned, represents as follows:
4.1 ATTORNEY has the expertise, support staff and facilities necessary to fully represent CITY's interests in the litigation described herein; and
4.2 ATTORNEY does not have an actual or potential interest adverse to CITY nor does ATTORNEY presently represent a person or firm with an interest adverse to CITY with respect to the matter(s) accepted; and
4.3 ATTORNEY shall diligently provide such legal services as are necessary in a professional, timely manner upon the terms and conditions as set forth herein.
5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. ATTORNEY shall provide to the Risk Manager, or designee, appropriate reports as requested by CITY.
5.1 SETTLEMENT PROPOSALS-ATTORNEY shall notify the Risk Manager of any settlement proposal received whether such proposal is oral or in writing. Oral reports of settlement demands will be followed as soon as is practical by a written confirmation of the demand. Offers or counteroffers to be initiated by ATTORNEY shall be in writing and contain the details of the proposal along with the ATTORNEY’s recommendation and be submitted to the Risk Manager for approval prior to communicating any such offer or counteroffer to other parties.
5.2 CLOSING REPORT-In the event this Agreement is terminated as set forth herein or for any reason ATTORNEY is to no longer represent CITY with respect to the matters, ATTORNEY shall submit a report, herein referred to as a Closing Report, describing the status of the matters, listing future court dates and other pertinent dates and setting forth any other information needed by another attorney to handle the matters. The Closing Report will be expeditiously submitted, together with necessary executed Substitutions of Attorneys, to the Risk Manager.
5.3 ORAL REPORTS-ATTORNEY shall immediately report orally to the Risk Manager in person or by telephone any event or discovery which is of an urgent nature or requires the immediate attention of the CITY. When requested, ATTORNEY shall follow up such oral report with a written summary reiterating such event or discovery. ATTORNEY shall immediately advise Risk Manager in writing if an actual or potential conflict of interest arises or is discovered.
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6. ASSIGNMENT. Neither this Agreement nor any rights, interests, duties, liabilities, obligations or responsibilities arising out of, concerning or related in anway to this Agreement (including, but not limited to, accounts, actions, causes of action, claims, damages, demands, liabilities, losses, obligations, or reckonings of any kind or nature whatsoever, for compensatory or exemplary and punitive damages, or declaratory, equitable or injunctive relief, whether based on contract, equity, tort or other theories of recovery provided for by the common or statutory law) may be assigned or transferred by any party. Any such assignment is prohibited, and shall be unenforceable and otherwise null and void without the need for further action by the non-assigning party or parties.
7. INDEMNITY. ATTORNEY shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless CITY, its mayor, Council, officers, agents and employees against any and all liability, claims, actions, causes of action or demands whatsoever against them, or any of them, for injury to or death of persons or damage to property arising out of, connected with, or caused by ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY’s employees, agents, subcontractors, or independent contractors or companies under the provisions of this Agreement.
8. NEGATION OF PARTNERSHIP. CITY shall not become or be deemed a partner or joint venturer with ATTORNEY or associate in any such relationship with ATTORNEY by reason of the provisions of this Agreement. ATTORNEY shall not for any purpose be considered an agent, officer or employee of CITY.
9. INSURANCE. In addition to any other insurance or bond required under by this Agreement, ATTORNEY shall procure and maintain for the duration of this Agreement the following types and limits of insurance ("basic insurance requirements" herein):
9.1 Professional liability insurance providing coverage on claims made basis for errors and omissions with limits of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) aggregate; and
9.2 Automobile liability insurance providing coverage on an occurrence basis for bodily injury, including death, of one or more persons, property damage and personal injury, with limits of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence; and the policy shall:
9.2.1 Provide coverage for owned, non- owned and hired
autos.
9.2.2 Contain an additional insured endorsement in favor of the CITY, its mayor, council, officers, agents and
employees.
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9.3 Workers' compensation insurance with statutory limits and employer's liability insurance with limits of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per accident; and the policy shall contain a waiver of subrogation and additional insured endorsement in favor of CITY, its mayor, council, officers, agents, employees and volunteers.
9.4 Except for workers’ compensation, insurance is to be placed with insurers with a Bests' rating of no less than A-:VII. Any deductibles, self-insured retentions or insurance in lesser amounts, or lack of certain types of insurance otherwise required by this Agreement, or insurance rated below Bests' A-:VII, must be declared prior to execution of this Agreement and approved by CITY in writing.
9.5 All policies shall contain an endorsement providing CITY with thirty (30) days written notice of cancellation or material change in policy language or terms. All policies shall provide there shall be continuing liability thereon, notwithstanding any recovery on any policy. Copies of policies shall be delivered to CITY on demand.
9.6 The insurance required hereunder shall be maintained until all work required to be performed by this Agreement is satisfactorily completed as evidenced by written acceptance by CITY.
9.7 The ATTORNEY shall furnish the City Risk Manager with a certificate of insurance and required endorsements evidencing the insurance required. The CITY may withdraw its offer of contract or cancel this contract if certificates of insurance and endorsements required have not been provided prior to the execution of this Agreement.
9.8 Unless otherwise approved by CITY, if any part of the work under this Agreement is subcontracted, the "basic insurance requirements" set forth above shall be provided by, or on behalf of, all subcontractors even if CITY has approved lesser insurance requirements for ATTORNEY.
10. TERMINATION. Either party may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice. ATTORNEY shall, upon termination, forthwith deliver to new counsel as directed by the Risk Manager a Substitution of Attorney form signed by ATTORNEY. CITY may terminate this Agreement immediately without notice upon determining that such action is necessary to protect the interests of CITY.
11. OWNERSHIP AND INSPECTION OF FILES. All files, pleadings, reports, documents and other items remitted to ATTORNEY pursuant to this Agreement are and shall remain the property of CITY and shall be returned to CITY upon full completion of each matter after the time for appeal has run. During the Workers’ Compensation Defense Services RFP 2025
pendency of the case remitted, all billing, invoice, time and other non-privileged portions of the file shall be made available for inspection by the Finance Director and Internal Auditor of CITY or other person designated by the Risk Manager at all reasonable times. It is understood and agreed during the pendency of any conflict representation case, physical possession of the file shall remain with ATTORNEY who shall hold inviolate the confidences of client as required by law.
Should this Agreement be terminated, the files shall be returned to CITY with all privileged materials appropriately sealed for transmittal to successor attorney of record for client.
12. NOTICES. All notices relative to this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be personally served or sent by certified or registered mail and be effective upon actual personal service or depositing in the United States mail.
The parties shall be addressed as follows, or at any other address designated by notice:
CITY: CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
Risk Management
1600 Truxtun Avenue, 4th Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Telephone: (661) 326-3738
Facsimile: (661) 852-2030
ATTORNEY: _______________________________
Telephone:____________________
Facsimile: _____________________
13. NO WAIVER OF DEFAULT. The failure of any party to enforce against another party any provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that party's right to enforce such a provision at a later time and shall not serve to vary the terms of this Agreement.
14. MERGER AND MODIFICATION. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all other oral or written representations. This Agreement may be modified only in a writing approved by the City and signed by all the parties.
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15. BINDING EFFECT. The rights and obligations of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties to this Agreement and their heirs, administrators, executors, personal representatives, successors and assigns.
16. GOVERNING LAW. The laws of the State of California will govern the validity of this Agreement, its interpretation and performance. Any litigation arising in any way from this Agreement shall be brought in Kern County, California.
17. TIME. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
18. ACCOUNTING RECORDS. ATTORNEY shall maintain accurate accounting records and other written documentation pertaining to the costs incurred in performance of this Agreement. Such records and documentation shall be kept at ATTORNEY's office during the period of this Agreement, and for a period of three years from the date of the final payment hereunder, and said records shall be made available to CITY representatives upon request at any time during regular business hours.
19. EXHIBITS. In the event of a conflict between the terms, conditions or specifications set forth in this Agreement and those in exhibits attached hereto, the terms, conditions or specifications set forth in this Agreement shall prevail. All exhibits to which reference is made in this Agreement are deemed incorporated in this Agreement, whether or not actually attached.
20. CORPORATE AUTHORITY. Each individual executing this Agreement represents and warrants they are duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of the corporation or organization, if any, named herein, and this Agreement is binding upon said corporation or organization in accordance with its terms.
21. EXECUTION. This Agreement is effective upon execution. It is the product of negotiation and all parties are equally responsible for authorship of this Agreement. Section 1654 of the California Civil Code shall not apply to the interpretation of this Agreement.
22. TAX NUMBERS.
ATTORNEY's Federal Tax Identification No.___________________ ATTORNEY is a corporation? Yes No
(Please check one.)
23. COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LAWS. CONTRACTOR shall, at CONTRACTOR’s sole cost, comply with all of the requirements of Municipal, State, and Federal authorities now in force, or which may hereafter be in force, Workers’ Compensation Defense Services RFP 2025
pertaining to this Agreement, and shall faithfully observe in all activities relating to or growing out of this Agreement all Municipal ordinances and State and Federal statutes, rules or regulations, and permitting requirements now in force or which may hereafter be in force including, without limitation, obtaining a City of Bakersfield business tax certificate (Bakersfield Municipal Code Chapter 5.02) where required.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written.
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD ("CITY") (“ATTORNEY”)
By: By:
KAREN GOH, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
CITY MANAGER’S DEPARTMENT
By:
CHRISTIAN CLEGG
CITY MANAGER
Print Name:
Title:
Additional Signatures on Following Page
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
By:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
Insurance:
COUNTERSIGNED:
By:
RANDY MCKEEGAN
FINANCE DIRECTOR
By:
(Print Name)
(Title)
“I have received and reviewed the sample ATTORNEY
RETAINER AGREEMENT including the INDEMNITY clause
which was included in the City’s RFP. My signature above shall signify our firm’s acceptance of said contract if our firm is selected for awarding a contract as described in said RFP. This acceptance is made with the understanding that the Compensation and time for Completion clauses
will be modified or created to contain the amounts and
dates established for this contract.”
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APPENDIX A
Attorney Defense Service Rates for Workers’ Compensation Claims
SERVICES RATES
A. Defense of Workers’ Compensation Claims
B. Defense of Workers’ Compensation Subrogation
C. Defense of Workers’ Labor Code Section 132a and seriouis and willful claims, O.B.A.E. audits, Disability Retirement Claims, and Americans with Disabilities Act Claims.
D. Paralegals and Law Clerks
E. Other- Please describe: Industrial Retirement and Americans with Disabilities Act Claims