Thursday, April 7, 2011

A point of information

Ayesha N. Khan
     As per the recent "Westphal v. Wagner" settlement agreement, the district paid for plaintiffs' attorneys in the amount of $250,000. (All of this went to Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which handled the lawyering for plaintiffs.)
     Readers have asked about the cost of the attorneys used by defendants (i.e., our district) in this case.
     This is a matter of public record. I checked SOCCCD Board of Trustees agendas starting in late 2009 and up to the present, looking for requisitions and payments to Jones Day, the law firm employed by the district in Westphal v. Wagner.
     Here’s what I found:

2010

May:
Under: Purchase Orders/Confirming Requisitions
P I 0-04424 JONES DAY Legal Services Westphal Case 1,000,000.00

Under: Payment of Bills
Dated check:
• $349,331 - 4/20/10

July:
Under: Payment of bills:
Dated check:
• $176,193 - 6/15/10
• $52,690 - 7/02/10

September:
Under: Payment of Bills
Dated check:
• $79,833 - 8/11/10

October:
Under: Payment of Bills
Dated check:
• $113,003 - 9/13/10

November:
Under: Purchase OrdersIConfirming Requisitions
P I 1-02362 JONES DAY Legal Servlces Westphal Case 1.000,000.00

Under: Payment of Bills
Dated check:
• $128,411 - 10/19/10

2011

January:
Under: Payment of Bills
Dated check:
• $11,124 - 12/10/10
• $130,565 - 11/22/10

John A. Vogt Jr.
All district checks to Jones Day thus far:

$349,331 - 4/20/10
$176,193 - 6/15/10
$52,690 - 7/02/10
$79,833 - 8/11/10
$113,003 - 9/13/10
$128,411 - 10/19/10
$11,124 - 12/10/10
$130,565 - 11/22/10

TOTAL: $1,041,150.00

About Jones Day and Americans United:
• Jones Day website
• Wikipedia entry on Jones Day • Jones Day’s Irvine office • Lead attorney on this case: John A. Vogt Jr. (Partner)
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State website • AUSCS legal director: Ayesha N. Khan (She was the chief attorney in this case.)
• Wikipedia entry: AUSCS

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