FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
RICHARDS WATSON & GERSHON APC
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the above-referenced agreement is entered into on November 21, 2023, by and between Richards Watson & Gershon, a California professional corporation (“Attorneys”), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California (“City”).
Collectively City and Attorneys are also referred to as “the Parties”.
RECITALS
A. The Parties entered into Agreem ent No. A-2020-081 (“Agreement”) on April 21, 2020, to provide legal services to the City, for general municipal law advisory and litigation matters including, but not limited to, election and employment-related matters.
B. On May 16, 2023, the Parties exercised their option to extend the Agreement for an additional one-year period until May 31, 2024. The Agreement is current and in-effect.
C. The parties no w wish to amend the Agreement to increase the overall compensation to the Agreement. No other changes are contemplated by this First Amendment.
The Parties therefore agree:
1. Section 2.a., Compensation, is hereby amended to increase the total compensation by three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). The total compensation amount for this Agreement shall not exceed five hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($550,000).
2. Except as modified by this First Amendment, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment to the Agreement on the date and year first written above.
ATTEST:
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Jennifer L. Hall
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
SONIA R. CARVALHO
City Attorney
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Laura A. Rossini
Chief Assistant City Attorney
CITY OF SANTA ANA
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Steven Mendoza
Acting City Manager
RICHARDS WATSON & GERSHON APC
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Saskia T. Asamura, Esq.
Shareholder