To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MICHAEL W. WEBB, CITY ATTORNEY
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APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES WITH LEIBOLD MCCLENDON & MANN
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Approve an Agreement for Legal Services with Leibold McClendon & Mann. John McClendon is a co-founding Partner of the law firm Leibold McClendon & Mann. City Council's approval of an Agreement for Legal Services with Leibold McClendon & Mann will permit John McClendon and his firm to provide legal services to the City of Redondo Beach as needed with a special emphasis on CEQA matters.
BACKGROUND
The City Attorney's office maintains a list of approved law firms and attorneys from which to select when special expertise is required on legal matters. It is my recommendation to add Leibold McClendon & Mann to that list particularly in the area of CEQA matters.
Leibold McClendon & Mann was founded in 1991 and its attorneys have over 100 years of combined municipal law experience. They represent cities ranging in size from Sausalito to Long Beach and have enjoyed long-term client relationships for nearly two decades with cities like Anaheim, Riverside and Lake Elsinore. Their municipal practice extends to special purpose entities like the Banning Heights Mutual Water Company, the Rand Communities Water District, and the successor agencies for the former redevelopment agencies of the cities of Los Banos, Merced, Mendota, Pismo Beach, Riverbank, and Santa Paula
The firm also counts as clients prominent non-profits like Habitat for Humanity-Los Angeles, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Banning Ranch Conservancy. The bedrock of these long and varied relationships can be found in the firm's core value: combining highly experienced attorneys with personalized service at a fair price.
Leibold McClendon & Mann takes particular pride in the firm's expertise in advising cities and other public entities on procedural and substantive CEQA compliance, and in representing such agencies in CEQA litiga...
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