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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: Special Counsel
Entity Name: Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC.
Entity Address: 1100 Valley Brook Avenue, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071
Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $100,000.00
Funding Source: 2019 Budget/ Law Department
Contract Period: March 1, 2019 through February 28, 2020
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark is involved in ongoing legal matters and therefore has a need to acquire legal services; and
WHEREAS, legal services are professional services, exempt from the requirement for public bidding, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, Scarinci & Hollenbeck, at 1100 Valley Brook Avenue, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071 has agreed to serve as Special Counsel to the Chief of Staff, Amiri Baraka, in the matter of Willie Parker v. City of Newark, et als., Docket No.:17-04615 filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the law firm of Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, LLP was previously serving as Special Counsel to the Chief of Staff, Amiri Baraka and attorney Raymond A. Brown, Esquire, Counsel of record in this matter, recently joined the law firm Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC and has maintained responsibility for this matter; and
WHEREAS, given the allegations in the Complaint and the complexity of this matter, it is more efficient and cost-effective for Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, to handle this litigation on behalf of the Chief of Staff; and
WHEREAS, Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, submitted a proposal to continue ...
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