REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 25, 2024
FROM
VICTOR TORDESILLAS, Deputy Executive Officer, Department of Risk Management
TOM BUNTON, County Counsel
SUBJECT
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Contracts for Legal Defense of Workers' Compensation Claims
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve contracts with the following workers' compensation attorney firms at the established hourly rates, with an aggregate not-to-exceed amount of $18,000,000, for the provision of legal defense services to the County's self-insurance workers' compensation program for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029 (Four votes required):
1. Black and Rose, LLP
2. Bradford & Barthel, LLP
3. Bredfeldt Odukoya & Han, LLP
4. Defense Advocacy Law Firm
5. Goldman, Magdalin & Straatsma, LLP
6. Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, LLP
7. Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, LLP
8. Matian Law Group, Inc.
9. Michael Sullivan & Associates, LLP
10. Morgan & Leahy, LLP
11. Parker & Irwin, APC
12. The Wheatly Firm
13. Tobin Lucks, LLP
(Presenter: Victor Tordesillas, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-8621)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The estimated combined five-year cost for these contracts is $18,000,000. These services will be paid on a fee-for-service basis in accordance with the following contracted hourly rates:
Legal Defense Service
Hourly Rate
Partners and Senior Associates
$215
Hearing Representatives
$140
Paralegals and Law Clerks
$140
The annual cost for these services is estimated to be approximately $3,600,000 and will be paid from the Department of Risk Management (Risk Management) Workers' Compensation (4082) and JPA Workers' Compensation (4104) insurance funds. These c...
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