1 FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
NATHAN & KAMIONSKI LLP
This AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this 4th day of June, 2024, by and between Nathan & Kamionski LLP, an Illinois limited liability company (“Attorneys”), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the constitution and laws of the State of California ("City”).
RECITALS
A. On May 7, 2024, the City and Attorneys entered into Agreement No. N-2024-171 (“Agreement”) to provide legal services to defend the City and certain individually named Defendant employees in the matter of Ramon Alvarez v. City of Santa Ana, et al, United States District Court Case No.:8:24-cv-00516-DMG-KS. The Agreement is still in effect.
B. Pursuant to Section 2.b, Compensation for Services Rendered, the total not to exceed amount of the Agreement is $50,000.00. In order to adequately defend the City and the individually named Defendant employees the compensation section of the Agreement requires amendment. The parties now wish to increase the compensation by an additional $450,000.00, for a total not to exceed amount of $500,000.00.
The Parties therefore agree:
1. Section 2.b, Compensation for Services Rendered, is amended to increase the compensation by an additional $450,000.00, for a total not to exceed amount of $500,000.00.
2. Except as modified by this First Amendment, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the day and year first above written.
ATTEST:
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JENNIFER L. HALL
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SONIA R. CARVALHO
City Attorney
By: _________________________
TAMARA BOGOSIAN
Senior Assistant City Attorney
CITY OF SANTA ANA
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ALVARO NUÑEZ
Acting City Manager
NATHAN & KAMIONSKI, LLP
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