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Home My WebLink About188535 08/03/2010 CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA VENDOR: 363837 Page 4 of 1 ONE CIVIC SQUARE STEPHENSON MOROW SEMLER CHECK AMOUNT: $155.00 CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 8710 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET SUITE 2 INDIANAPOLIS IN 46260 -5388 CHECK NUMBER: 188535 CHECK DATE: 8/312010 DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT PO NUMBER INVOICE NUMBER AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 1180 4340000 4 155.00 LEGAL FEES STEPHENSON MOROW SEMLER 8710 N. MERIDIAN STREET SUITE 200 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46260 -2331 (317) 844 -3830 FEIN 35-1711428 C7- 7 5 I��04 53 RCU� PAGE: 1 TRANCIK, THOMAS V. CITY OF CARMEL 07/14/2010 CITY OF CARMEL CITY ATTORNEY ACCOUNT 10 -5945Z CARMEL CITY HALL, 3RD FLOOR STATEMENT NO: 4 ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL IN 46032 ATTN DOUGLAS HANEY TRANCIK, THOMAS V. CITY OF CARMEL CL: NONE D /L: 6/4/09 SUIT: 29D02- 0911 -CC -1424 HOURS 06/22/2010 WEU REVIEW PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW. 0.10 15.50 06/23/2010 WEU REVIEW AND REPLY TO EMAIL FROM DARREN MURPHY, SHERIFF'S ATTORNEY, RE STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD. 0.20 31.00 06/25/2010 WEU REVIEW COURT ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW. 0.10 15.50 WEU PREPARE EMAIL STATUS REPORT TO DOUG HANEY AND TOM PERKINS. 0.30 46.50 06/28/2010 WEU REVIEW AND REPLY TO EMAIL FROM DOUG HANEY RE SETTLEMENT. 0.20 31.00 06/30/2010 WEU REVIEW EMAIL FROM DOUG HANEY RE SETTLEMENT. 0.10 15.50 FOR CURRENT SERVICES RENDERED 1.00 155.00 RECAPITULATION TIMEKEEPER Title HOURS HOURLY RATE TOTAL WAYNE E. UHL PARTNER 1.00 $155.00 $155.00 TOTAL CURRENT WORK 155.00 PAST DUE FROM 05 /20/2010 $124.00 06/23/2010 FEE PAYMENT RECEIVED 124.00 PAGE: 2 TRANCIK, THOMAS V. CITY OF CARMEL 07/14/2010 ACCOUNT 10 -5945Z STATEMENT NO: 4 TRANCIK, THOMAS V. CITY OF CARMEL CL: NONE D /L: 6/4/09 SUIT: 29D02- 0911 -CC -1424 BALANCE DUE $155.00 Billing History FEES Hours EXPENSES ADVANCES FINANCE CHARGE PAYMENTS 2,061.50 13.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,906.50 JSS $155.00 MRM $155.00 RJS $155.00 WEU $155.00 MAH $155.00 RLB $155.00 JGL $145.00 ILS $145.00 LAW OFFICES STEPHENSON MOROW SEMLER A PROFE55IONAL CORPORATION JAMES S. STEPHENSON 8710 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET, SUITE 200 OFFICE: (317) 844 -3830 MICHAEL R. MOROW INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46260 -5388 FAX: (31 7) 573 -4194 RONALD J. SEMLER WEB: WWW.STEPHLAW.COM WAYNE E. UHL WRITER'S EMAIL: wuhl@astephlaw.com MARK A. HOLLOWAY ROSEMARY L. BOREK TONYA M. ARETZ JAMES G. LIWSKI (1959 1999) IAN L. STEWART G RICHARD January 22, 2010 11946 2001 M By email with original by mail Douglas C. Haney City Attorney Carmel City Hall, 3rd Floor One Civic Square Carmel, Indiana 46032 Re: Thomas Trancik, M.D. v. Brandon Pryor et al. Cause No.: 29D02 -09I 1 -CC -1424 Our File: 10 -5945 Dear Mr. Haney: Thank you for informing me that the City of Carmel is seeking outside counsel to defend the City against the above lawsuit. As you know, our firm concentrates on and has considerable experience advising and defending political subdivisions in a large variety of legal claims, ranging from simple personal injury actions to complex class action civil rights lawsuits. Our experience includes defense of actions arising from the arrest and jailing of suspects, including medical care issues. We regt!Iarly r nractice in. both State a nd L- de-r21 courts. My own experience has been almost exclusively devoted to governmental litigation, starting with nine years at the Tennessee Attorney General's office, 13 years at the Indiana Attorney General's office (including eight years supervising civil rights and employment litigation), and seven years at this firm. As you know, the firm also has experience defending Carmel. In the past couple of years,. we have defended an employment discrimination action in federal court (Nikoloff), a civil rights action in federal court (Walton), a personal injury claim based on the condition of a road (Layne), a pair of property flooding claims related to the City's approval of construction (Tom O'Brien /Bottamiller), and a police action claim (Reed /Downey). LAW OFFICES Douglas C. Haney STEPHENSON MOROW SEMLER January 22, 2010 Page 2 We have represented the Hamilton County Sheriff in the past, but the last such matter was closed years ago, None of the cases involved responsibility for the payment of an inmate's medical expenses. We do not believe that our prior representation of the Sheriff presents a potential conflict of interest or other obstacle to our representation of Carmel in this matter, even if (as seems likely) Carmel will be taking a position adverse to the interests of the Sheriff. Our fee for the defense of this matter would be $155 /hour for partners and $145 /hour for associates, billed in tenths of an hour. At this point my expectation is that the work on this file would be done almost exclusively by me at the partner rate. Intra- office conferences will be billed only for the time of the highest hourly rated attorney involved. We also bill for postage at cost and inside copying at $0.10 /page for black and white and $0.25 /page for color. There is no charge for fax transmissions. We will advance and bill outside costs of $100 or less, and forward to you any outside vendor invoices in excess of $100. All outside vendor work in excess of $100 will be pre approved by the City. Local travel is billed only for the attorney's time. We would be very pleased to provide legal services to the City of Carmel in this matter. Please let me know if you need further information. I look forward to hearing from you soon so that we can enter our appearance and begin investigating and researching the claim. Very truly yours, STEPHENSON MOROW SEMLER Wayne E. Uhl 10- 5945 /haney.101.doc /n mi Authorized by: Douglas C. Haney, Carmel City Attorney Date: 01 26 16 rck Approved this- day of tv b 2010. CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA By and through its Board of Public Works and Safety BY: L J es Brainard, Presiding Office Date: 0 Mary A Burke ember Date: 3 i a Lori S. Wats Member Date: ATTESY: Diana Cordray, IMCA, C4 k- Treasurer Date: a- 3— 0 Prescribed V State Board of Accounts City Form No. 201 (Rev. 1995) ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHER CITY OF CARMEL An invoice or bill to be properly itemized must show: kind of service, where performed, dates service rendered, by whom, rates per day, number of hours, rate per hour, number of units, price per unit, etc. Payee STEPHENSON MOROW SEMLER Purchase Order No. 8710 North Meridian Street, Suite 200 Terms Indianapolis, Indiana 46260 -2331 Date Due Invoice Invoice Description Amount Date Number (or note attached invoice(s) or bill(s)) 7 -29 -10 4 Legal services rendered to the City of Carmel per the $155.00 attached invoice Total 55:60 1 hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or bill(s), is (are) true and correct and I have audited same in accordance with IC 5- 11- 10 -1.6. 20 Clerk- Treasurer VOUCHER NO. WARRANT NO. ALLOWED 20 Stephenson Mornw Semler IN SUM OF 8710 N. Meridian St., Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46260 -2331 $155.00 ON ACCOUNT OF APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF LAW #1180 430 -40000 Legal Fees Board Members DE' T INVOICE NQ. ACCT /TITLE AMOUNT 1 hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or 1180 4 $155.00 bill(s) is (are) true and correct and that the materials or services itemized thereon for which charge is made were ordered and received except 20 a n ure Title Cost distribution ledger classification if claim paid motor vehicle highway fund