HomeMy Public PortalAboutEnagement Agreement SDG v. GS; Case No. 4D21-0857ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT
The Town of Gulf Stream (hereinafter referred to as "Client" or "you"), hereby engages,
retains, and employs JOHNSON, ANSELMO, MURDOCH, BURKE, PIPER, & HOCHMAN,
P.A., including its attorneys, paralegals, staff, and other professionals (the "Firm"), to provide
legal representation with respect to the appeal captioned Stop Dirty Government v. Town of Gulf
Stream; Case No. 41321-0857 (lower tribunal Case No. 50-2014-CA-003721), currently pending
in the Fourth District Court of Appeal on the following terms:
1. FEES: The Firm is employed in this case on an hourly basis. No maximum fee has
been quoted, and no guarantee of results has been or will be made. All of the Firm's expressions
relative to this case are only opinions. Our fee is based on the amount of time we devote to your
case. It is impossible to determine in advance how much time will be needed. The amount of
time spent on your case reflects all services provided by our attorneys and paralegals, including,
without limitation, conferences, telephone calls, document drafting, correspondence, motions,
briefs, oral arguments, negotiations, analysis, legal research, court time, and travel to and from
locations away from our offices. Any figures we quote to you for the total charge for our
services are merely estimates. Your adversary, the opposing attorneys, or others, may engage in
activities beyond our control that require time that was not originally contemplated.
2. RATES: You will be billed for the time expended on your case at the rate of $250.00
per hour for the Finn's attorneys and $100.00 per hour for the Firm's paralegals. This rate
schedule may be adjusted from time to time and, if adjusted, will affect the hourly rates of the
attorneys and paralegals working on this matter. As a courtesy, the Firm's initial retainer in the
amount of $7,500 has been waived for this case.
3. BILLS: You will be billed on a monthly basis for the fees and costs incurred in this
case. Full payment of each monthly bill is due within 30 days of the date the bill is issued.
4. COSTS: We may advance costs on your behalf in such amounts as we determine are
necessary to represent you. Such advances of costs will be for expenses, including, without
limitation, long-distance telephone calls, fax transmissions, postage, photocopies, document
imaging, computerized research, out-of-town travel expenses (including all meals, travel, and
out-of-town lodging), deposition expenses (including costs of transcripts and court reporters' fees
for attendance), court costs (such as filing fees, service of process, subpoena costs, witness fees,
etc.), fees for accountants, appraisers, actuaries, investigators, economists, other attorneys, and
other experts and professionals that we deem necessary to assist in the preparation and handling
of your case. You are responsible for paying all costs incurred on your behalf, including,
without limitation, the fees of any experts or professionals engaged on your behalf. By signing
this Engagement Agreement, you appoint us as your agent to engage such experts and
professionals on your behalf.
5. PUBLIC RECORDS: As part of the services provided under this Engagement
Agreement, the Firm will comply with Florida's public records laws, including section
119.0701(2)(b), Florida Statues, the text of which statutory provision is hereby incorporated into
the Engagement Agreement by reference as if fully printed on this page. IF THE FIRM HAS
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 119, FLORIDA
STATUTES, TO THE FIRM'S DUTY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATING TO
THIS ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT, THE FIRM WILL CONTACT the Town Clerk, Rita
Taylor, 100 Sea Road, Gulf Stream, FL 33483, (561) 276-5116 (rtaylorAAgulf-stream.org).
DATED this QS d flay of August 2021.
Town of Gulf Stream
By:
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Greg D nham
As Town Manager