THIRD AMENDMENT TO
LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
AND
LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE
This Third Amendment to Legal Services Agreement (“Third Amendment”) is entered into this effective day of June 17, 2025 (“Effective Date”), by and between the City of Chula Vista (“City”) and Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (“Attorney”) (City and Attorney together, “Parties”).
RECITAL
WHEREAS, Attorney has provided on call legal services on behalf of the City pursuant to a Legal Services Agreement between City and Attorney dated January 17, 2023 (“Legal Services Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, Section 1 of the Legal Services Agreement identifies an original one -year term, with an option to extend the agreement for up to five additional one year increments; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.1 of the Legal Services Agreement identifies the not to exceed compensation amount on the agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 20 of the Legal Services Agreement allows the Parties to modify the agreement if such modification is in writing and signed by the Parties; and
WHEREAS, the City previously exercised the first of five options to extend the agreement for a term of January 17, 2024 to January 17, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City previously entered into a First Amendment to the Legal Services Agreement on July 1, 2024 to adjust the hourly rates authorized on the contract; and
WHEREAS, the City previously entered into a Second Amendment to extend the agreement for an additional one-year term through January 16, 2026 and to increase the not to exceed amount on the contract to $50,000; and
WHEREAS, the City now wishes to amend the Legal Services Agreement to cont inue utilizing Attorney’s services, resulting in additional costs exceeding $50,000; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Legal Services Agreement to reflect the not to exceed compensation amount, as further described below.
AGREEMENT
THE PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Section 3.1 of the Legal Services Agreement is amended to change the not to exceed amount from fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
2. Costs that exceeded $50,000.00 that were incurred under the Legal Services Agreement but prior to this Third Amendment are to be covered and compensated by this Third Amendment.
3. Except as expressly provided herein, all other terms and conditions of the Legal Services Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, by executing this Third Amendment where indicated below, City and Attorney agree that they have read and understood all terms and conditions of this Third Amendment, that they fully agree and consent to be bound by same, and that they are freely entering into this Third Amendment as of Effective Date.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
By: ________________________________________________________
Marco A. Verdugo,
City Attorney
ATTORNEY
By: ________________________________________________________
Steve Berliner,
Partner