Res No 118-10-13152RESOLUTION NO: 118-10-13152
A resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South
Miami, Florida, employing Warren Trazenfeld to ascertain if former
City Attorney Luis Figueredo and his law firm committed legal
malpractice in his representation of The City of South Miami in
conjunction with the City Municipal Garage; and providing for an
effective date.
WHEREAS, the citizens of South Miami have longed been dissatisfied with the
terms and conditions of a fifty year lease on the City Municipal Garage; and
WHEREAS, at all times pertinent, former City Attorney Luis Figueredo, and his
law firm, represented the City in conjunction with the fifty year lease on the Municipal
Parking Garage; and
WHEREAS, it is verily believed that Mr. Figueredo may have acted below the
Standard of Conduct required of lawyers acting in similar situations; and
WHEREAS, such acts could and did indeed damage the City of South Miami;
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WHEREAS, Warren R. Trazenfeld is the leading malpractice lawyer in Florida,
having among his government clients, the State of Florida, who regularly retains Mr.
Trazenfeld in malpractice cases against lawyers; and
WHEREAS, Warren. R. Trazenfeld has offered to look into the alleged
allegations of malpractice against Luis Figueredo for no fee as indicated by the attached
letter of June I, 2010, which letter is attached to and made a part of this Resolution as
though fully set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the attached letter of Mr. Trazenfeld charges no fee whatsoever to
the City of South Miami to determine this matter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEDBY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section I. Warren R. Trazenfeld is hereby employed as an attorney on behalf
of the City of South Miami, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the attached letter of
June 1, 2010 to determine if legal malpractice exists against Luis Figueredo and his law
firm for their role as lawyers in the Municipal Panting Garage.
Section II. The City Attorney is directed to sign the attached Letter
Agreement prepared by Warren R. Trazenfeld on behalf of the City of South Miami.
Section III. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
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Res. No. 118 -10 -13152
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd
ATTEST:
TY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM:
of Jun (2010.
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APPROVED:
MAY R
COMMISSION VOTE:
4 -0
Mayor Stoddard:
Yea
Vice Mayor Newman:
Yea
Commissioner Palmer:
absent
Commissioner Beasley:
Yea
Commissioner Harris:
Yea
N. WON
WARREN R.TRnZENFELD, PA.
A T T O R N E Y A T L A W
May 17, 2010
VIA E -MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL
Laurence Feingold, Esq,
City Attorney of South Miami
City of South Miami City Hall
5130 Sunset Drive
South Miami, FL 33143
Re: Potential legal malpractice claim against Luis Figueredo
Dear Mr. Feingold:
My practice is to confirm in writing the identity of any client who I
represent, the nature of my undertaking on behalf of that client and my billing and
payment arrangements with respect to legal services.
You have asked me to represent the City of South Miami in connection
with obtaining a tolling agreement regarding a potential legal malpractice claim
against Luis Figueredo, and any law firm he was associated with, and I am
pleased to do so.
The limited services outlined in this letter will be provided at no cost to the
City of South Miami.
At the conclusion of this matter, you may have the contents of your file. I
will retain my personal notes, and other work product we mutually agree is
necessary for me to retain. If you choose to leave all or part of your file in my
possession, I will have the authority to destroy the file within thirty days from the
date of the conclusion of this matter.
This agreement constitutes the complete agreement with respect to my
retention. If you want to retain me for representation for matters other than those
described above, an additional agreement regarding such new representation will
be necessary.
Please contact me with regard to any questions you may have concerning
this agreement; otherwise, please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing
agreement by signing and dating the enclosed copy of this letter where indicated
below and returning the signed and dated copy of this letter to me. An attorney-
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client relationship will not be established until l am in receipt of an executed copy
of this letter.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
WARREN R. TRAZENFELD, P.A.
By:
Warren R. Trazenfeld, Esq.
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