RFP AWARD RECOMMENDATION
CITY OF RIVERSIDE
Finance Department
DATE SUBMITTED: 06/27/2023
RFP NO.
2226
RFP TITLE
OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
City Attorney’s Office
DATE RFP OPENED
03/09/2023
PROPOSALS RECEIVED (32) INVITATIONS ISSUED (Online)
PROPOSERS CITY EVALUATION RANKING
BEST BEST & KRIEGER RIVERSIDE, CA 1
GRAVES & KING LLP RIVERSIDE, CA 2
LIEBERT CASSUDY WHITMORE LOS ANGELES, CA 3
HANNA, BROPHY, MACLEAN, MCALEER & JENSEN, LLP OAKLAND, CA 4 BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP RIVERSIDE, CA 5
MANNING KASS LOS ANGELES, CA 6
MURPHY & EVERTZ COSTA MESA, CA 7
LOZANO SMITH LOS ANGELES, CA 8
LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP LOS ANGELES, CA 9
ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO PASADENA, CA 10
BDG LAW GROUP LOS ANGELES, CA 11
WOODRUFF, SPRADLIN & SMART COSTA MESA, CA 12
FAGEN FRIEDMAN & FULFROST, LLP CORONA, CA 13
COLLINS + COLLINS LLP PASADENA, CA 14
DEVANEY PATE MORRIS & CAMERON, LLP TEMECULA, CA 15
OLIVAREZ MADRUGA LAW ORGANIZATION, LLP LOS ANGELES, CA 16 YORK & WAINFELD, APC CHATSWORTH, CA 17
JONES MAYER FULLERTON, CA 18
COLANTUONO HIGHSMITH WHATLEY, PC PASADENA, CA 19
ASHURST LLP NEW YORK, NY 20
HARRIS & HAYDEN LAW FIRM LOS ANGELES, CA 21
ALVAREZ-GLASMAN & COLVIN CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 22
SILVER & WRIGHT LLP IRVINE, CA 23
DUGGAN MCHUGH LAW CORPORATION SACRAMENTO, CA 24
WOOD, SMITH, HENNING & BERMAN LOS ANGELES, CA 25
HANSON BRIDGETT LOS ANGELES, CA 26
CRUSER MITCHELL NOVITZ SANCHEZ GASTON & ZIMET, LLP LOS ANGELES, CA 27 NEMOVI LAW GROUP APC CARLSBAD, CA 28
ELLIS INVESTIGATIONS LAW CORPORATION SACRAMENTO, CA 29
LEAL TREJO, APC LONG BEACH, CA 30
JACKSON LEWIS P.C. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 31
CLARK HILL LLP LOS ANGELES, CA 32
RFP DESCRIPTION: The City of Riverside (“City”), through its City Attorney’s Office, is seeking proposals from qualified law firms or individual attorneys (“Law Firm”) to provide the City with outside legal counsel services on an as-needed basis (“Legal Services”), in the practice areas listed herein. Law Firms may respond to this RFP with one or more areas of expertise. If selected, the Law Firm will execute a legal services agreement, may be added to the City’s panel of outside attorneys and may be retained, on a as-needed basis, for individual legal matters.
RFP Recommended For Legal Services Agreement
Best Ranking Proposer(s)
ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO HANNA, BROPHY, MACLEAN, MCALEER & JENSEN, LLP
BDG LAW GROUP LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LIEBERT CASSUDY WHITMORE
BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP LOZANO SMITH
COLLINS + COLLINS LLP MANNING KASS
DEVANEY PATE MORRIS & CAMERON, LLP MURPHY & EVERTZ
FAGEN FRIEDMAN & FULFROST, LLP OLIVAREZ MADRUGA LAW ORGANIZATION, LLP
GRAVES & KING LLP WOODRUFF, SPRADLIN & SMART
COMMENTS:
The City Attorney’s Office has evaluated all proposals received and is requesting that award be made to the best overall solution based on the evaluation process. The Purchasing Division concurs that the action to award is in compliance with Purchasing Resolution 23914.
Submitted by: Purchasing Manager Date:
06/14/2023