A look at some of the SPS legal cost

 

 

 

Major Outside Service Contracts 2014-15

•Calfo Harrigan $35,000
•Curran Law Firm (Special Education) $245,000
•Dunlap & Soderland (Lawsuits) $85,000
•Freimund Jackson Tardif (Employment) $140,000
•Freimund Jackson Tardif (General) $50,000
•Freimund Jackson Tardif (Lawsuits) $300,000
•Half, Robert (Data Breach) $32,000
•Kaiser, Richard $20,000
•Karr Tuttle Campbell (Employment) $50,000
•Karr Tuttle Campbell (Lawsuits) $90,000
•Keating Bucklin (Lawsuits) $50,000
•Kenyon Disend $20,000
•Patterson Buchanan (Lawsuits) $200,000
•Perkins Coie $20,000
•Porter Foster Rorick $50,000
•Preg O’Donnell & Gillette (Employment) $120,000
•Yarmuth Wilsdon (Employment) $50,000

                                                          Total $1,557,000

                        Budget Overview - 2015-16 ($4,889,111)

          Category                            Amount                    Comment
General Counsel Office Costs    $ 51,554  (Printing, supplies, postage, dues, mileage reimbursement)
Department Staffing                 $1,272,716   Five lawyers, five support staff and one .6 FTE
.25 Admin/.35 GC (paid out of Capital)  ($102,222)
Judgements/Settlements               $ 770,000     personal injury, employment,special education claims
Legal Contracts                         $1,850,000      lawsuits, administrative hearings
Property Loss                               $ 17,952      Property loss under CBA provisions

Section 504 Staffing (7.8 FTE) $691,599 Nurses, interpreters and
(does not include 504 Coordinator) audiologists
Section 504 Certified Wrk/Shop $ 10,635 Substitutes/extra time
Section 504 Supplies $ 50,000 Assistive devices or software; special equipment
Section 504 – Travel Reimbursement $ 600
Section 504 Contractual Services $161,200 ASL Interpreters; Real-time captioning; tutoring.
Special Education Cert. and class $ 12,855

 

Closed Litigation and Other Contested Matters - 2014-15

 

•Administrative Appeals Under RCW 28A.645: 0
•PERC Hearings: 3
•Employment
–Administrative Appeals: 3
–Arbitrations: 1
–Claims: 2 ($700,000 settlement)
–Lawsuits: 5 ($240,000 settlement)
•Special Education Due Process Hearings: 10
•Other Lawsuits: 5 ($249,999 settlement)
•Tort Claims: 25 (closed 20 with no payment)