Agmt16 Amy Oppenheimer, Attorney at Law

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EXHIBIT "A" SCOPE OF SERVICES A . I AMY OPrerees IMC At cnrrtcy•4t-t,4;v Mirk,'late Intettiga:ions • Main mg • Afedratimi • Arbitration • Ctic L'o,rst,Itanon & Titimony September 21, 2016 Leah Lockhart Human Resources Manager City of Redwood City Re: Workplace Investigation This letter is to set out our agreement regarding retaining the Law Offices of Amy Oppenheimer to conduct a workplace investigation. Please review it, sign it, and return a copy to me. If you have questions or concerns, pease don't hesitate to contact me. My office is being retained to do an impartial investigation of a formal complaint of hostile work environment and harassment brought by a City employee against a supervisor. We will stay within this scope unless you specifically authorise us to modify or expand the scope. In that event, we will confirm the modifications in writing. The purpose of the investigation Is to facilitate the rendering of legal advice. The principal on site investigator will be Alvah Trigueros. I will supervise the Investigation. We will interview witnesses, collect and review pertinent information, and report to you on that information. We will tell you what we believe happened, and the basis for that conclusion. We are not guaranteeing any particular result and we will reach our findings based on an Impartial and professional evaluation of the evidence. this agreement creates an attorney/client relationship between the City of Redwood City and the Law Offices of Amy Oppenheimer. As attorneys, we will use ow employment law and investigation expertise to assist you in determining the issues to be investigated and to conduct impartial fact-finding. it is understood that this Investigation will be subject to the attorney/client privilege until and unless you waive that privilege and/or a court determines that some or all of the investigation is not subject to the privilege. it is understood that our legal advice is the performance of the investigation itself and decisions made relating to that, such as whom to interview, what documents to review and how to analyze our findings. Your inside or outside counsel is solely responsible for providing legal advice related to what action to take as a result of the findings of the investigation, whether ti*c investigation is privileged or non-privileged, steps to take to preserve evidence uncovered during the investigation, the consequences of revealing the report to third parties, the legal Implications and actions the City of Redwood City should take based on the results of the investigations, how to advise employees regarding keeping the investigation confidential and other matters other than the investigation itself. My hourly rate Is $340/hour for all time expended on the matter, including time spent reviewing documents, Interviewing witnesses, meeting with representatives and employees or previous employees of the City of Redwood City, drafting a report, phone calls, etc. Alezah Trigueros' hourly rate is 5200/hour. Travel time is billed at 5150/hour. Paralegal time is billed at 5150/hour. The City of Redwood City is obliged to pay our fees regardless of the findings and results of the investigation. Invoices are due 45 days from receipt. in the event any person involved in this matter pursues further remedies, the City of Redwood Csty will pay fees at the current Hourly rate of the attorney involved for any time spent as a witness in deposition, court, admrnistratwe, or other proceedings, ATTY='AGR 204, 6 29,3 Amy Oppenheimer. Attorney At Law