CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (ENGLANDER - FUENTES - MARTINEZ - O'FARRELL) relative to accepting the assistance of the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, in the case of City of Los Angeles v. Patel.

Recommendations for Council action:

1. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney to accept the offer of the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, to assist, on a pro bono basis, the City Attorney in representing the City of Los Angeles in the United States Supreme Court in the case of City of Los Angeles v. Patel, and to process and execute any documentation as may be needed in this matter.
   
   
2. FIND that the services to be performed by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP are for the performance of professional, scientific, expert, technical, or other special services of a temporary and occasional character for which competitive bidding is not practicable or advantageous and that the work can be performed more economically or feasibly by independent contractors than by City employees.
   
   
3. REQUEST, upon completion / resolution of the above referenced litigation, the City Attorney to include in its next 'outside counsel' report the final value of the pro bono work given to the City in the above matter by the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP.
   

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Public Safety Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

ATTEST:  Holly L. Wolcott, CITY CLERK

By

          Council Clerk                                                    PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL