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WHEREAS, on September 16, 2020,the County Council approved an additional Two <br /> Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for legal services rendered by Special Counsel; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, on April 6, 2022, the County Council approved an additional Sixty <br /> Thousand Dollars ($60,000) to address the County's Workers' Compensation cases; and <br /> WHEREAS, on September 21, 2022, the County council approved an additional Fifty- <br /> Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for legal services rendered by Special Counsel; and <br /> WHEREAS, on November 22, 2022, via professional services procurement, the <br /> County executed a new contract for Special Counsel assistance with Workers' <br /> Compensation cases, with Leong Kunihiro Brooke & Kim for Three hundred thousand <br /> dollars ($300,000.00), with a termination date of September 30, 2025; and <br /> WHEREAS, Special Counsel represents the County in its most challenging workers' <br /> compensation claims,provides claims management oversight, makes recommendations <br /> regarding settlement, negotiations,pertinent evaluations and investigation, and promotes <br /> resolution and closure; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Office of the Corporation Counsel does not have the expertise, <br /> personnel, and resources to provide the same level of legal services rendered by Special <br /> Counsel; and <br /> WHEREAS, there is a real necessity for Special Counsel to continue representing the <br /> County in its most challenging work; and <br /> • <br /> WHEREAS, Special Counsel services to the County have increased significantly over <br /> the last year and a half due to increased claims, complex injuries, and intense effort to <br /> resolve older pending claims; and <br /> 2 <br />