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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Legal Department
Vendors:
Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, P.C. - Chicago, Illinois
Brothers & Thompson, P.C. - Chicago, Illinois
DeVore Radunsky Miller Berger LLC - Chicago, Illinois
Franczek P.C. - Chicago, Illinois
Gildea Coghlan & Regan, Ltd. - Western Springs, Illinois
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP - Chicago, Illinois
Jackson Lewis P.C. - Chicago, Illinois
Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd. - Chicago, Illinois
Laner Muchin, Ltd. - Chicago, Illinois
Miller Canfield - Chicago, Illinois
Neal & Leroy, LLC - Chicago, Illinois
Odelson, Sterk, Murphey, Frazier & McGrath, Ltd. - Evergreen Park, Illinois
Robbin Schwartz - Chicago, Illinois
Tristan & Cervantes, LLC - Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Legal services from outside legal counsel to be performed within the following categories of matters: Litigation, Labor & Employment (including related litigation and workers compensation), Land Use, and General Local Government Law.
Contract Value: Not to exceed $3,200,000.00
Contract Period: Date of execution - 12/31/2023, with two (2) optional one-year extensions
Estimated Fiscal Impact: FY 2021 $1,200,000.00, FY 2022 $1,000,000.00, FY 2023 $1,000,000.00
Accounts: Corporate 51001.521055; Self-Insurance 51011.580011; and Real Estate 51006.521055
Contract Number(s): 20-60-005335
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
The contract-specific MWBE goal for each contract was set to zero.
District(s): Districtwide
Summary: The specified law firms have been selected through the Forest Preserves' Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process. Three of the responding firms are certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprises via the City of Chicago: Brothers & Thompson, P.C., Neal & Leroy, LLC, and Tristan & Cervantes, LLC. Also, several respondent...
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