Application Cover Sheet – Labor, Employment & Benefits (“LEB”)

Firm Name and Primary Address / Firm Website
LEBSection Relationship Partner (LEBRP) / LEBRP Email Address / LEBRP Phone (Direct Dial)
LEB Section Administrative Contact (LEBAC) / LEBAC Email Address / LEBAC Phone (Direct Dial)
# CurrentPartners / # Senior Counsel/Senior Attorneys / # Associates
Firmwide: LEB: / Firmwide: LEB: / Firmwide: LEB:
# PartnersDeparted Since 1/1/13 / # Senior Counsel/AttorneysDeparted Since 1/1/13 / # Associates Departed Since 1/1/13
Firmwide: LEB: / Firmwide: LEB: / Firmwide: LEB:
Office Location / Partner in Charge / Local Labor/Employment/Benefits Expertise?
CA – Irvine/Orange County / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
CA – Los Angeles / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
CA – Riverside / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
CA – Sacramento/Davis / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
CA – San Diego / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
CA – San Francisco/East Bay / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
CA – Silicon Valley / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
US – Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
US – Other / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
International – Africa / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
International – Asia/Pacific / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
International – Europe / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
International – Latin/South America / Significant Moderate Minimal/None
Please list standard/rack (i.e., undiscounted) rates in the table below.
Subspecialty Expertise / Partner Hourly
Rates/Ranges / Counsel Hourly
Rates/Ranges / Associate Hourly
Rates/Ranges / Paralegal Hourly Rates
Blended / $ / $ / $ / $
Employment Advice and Counseling / $ - $ / $ - $ / $ - $ / n/a
OFCCP Audits & Compliance / $ - $ / $ - $ / $ - $ / n/a
Traditional Labor Law / $ - $ / $ - $ / $ - $ / n/a
Benefits – Retirement Plans / $ - $ / $ - $ / $ - $ / n/a
Benefits – Health & Welfare Plans / $ - $ / $ - $ / $ - $ / n/a
Benefits – Fiduciary Responsibility / $ - $ / $ - $ / $ - $ / n/a

Are you willing to offer more favorable rates to the University, as a governmental/non-profit organization? Yes No

If yes, please describe on an attached sheet the percentage discount from the above rack rates, blended rate range(s), or other hourly fee concessions you are willing to extend to the University if selected to participate on the OGC Panel supporting the Labor, Employment and Benefits Law Section.

Describe on an attached sheet examples of alternative fee arrangements that you are willing to consider in representing the University in all or any subset of labor, employment, and benefits matters.

Supplemental Application – Labor, Employment, & Benefits Section

Background

  1. Provide a narrative describing your firm’slabor and employmentpractice, and/or your employee benefits practice, your work with public sector or higher education employers, and any other special expertise or accomplishments. Be sure to address in particular your experience relevant to each of the subspecialty fields selected on the application cover sheet.
  1. Providea list of representative labor and employment and/or employee benefits clients and matters during the past five years. Please provide contact information for any references you wish to offer.

Staffing and Staffing Philosophy

(Please provide a link to a bio/CV for each attorney named in this section.)

  1. To whom would you assign primary responsibility for each of the individual subspecialties identified on the above application form?
  1. Provide the names, billing rates, and CVs of all attorneys who you anticipate will staff any Labor and Employment or Benefits matter in each of the identified subspecialties (blended rate proposals are acceptable at each staffing level – e.g., partner, counsel, associate, paralegal; we will not consider across-the board blended rates for the panel).
  1. What is your firm’s approach to training and supervising associates?
  1. What types of tasks ordinarily are assigned to associates in your labor and employment and/or employee benefits law practice?
  1. What types of tasks ordinarily are assigned to paralegals or other non-attorneys working with your labor and employment and/or employee benefits law practice?

Additional Questions

  1. If you propose to handle traditional labor law matters, please provide details regarding your experience handling matters under the Higher Education Employer Employee Relations Act or other similar public sector labor statutes.
  1. If you propose to handle OFCCP audits and compliance matters, please provide details regarding your OFCCP practice, and in particular your work on higher education matters. Specifically identify the partner(s) who you propose would work on University OFCCP matters and state where they are located.
  1. If you propose to handle retirement plan matters, please provide details regarding your experience handling matters involving governmental plans.
  1. If you propose to handle health and welfare plan matters, please provide details regarding your experience handling matters involving compliance with the Affordable Care Act.

Questions

Allison Woodall, Esq., Deputy General Counsel – or (510) 987-0933

Brigid Saulny, Executive Assistant – or (510) 987-9945

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