Oakland City Attorney
The Office of the Oakland City Attorney is responsible for providing all legal services for the City of Oakland and Oakland Redevelopment Agency, as well as all City boards and commissions and certain joint powers authorities. The City Attorney retains outside counsel for three types of matters/cases: (1) cases that require specialized expertise that our Office does not have in-house; (2) cases that present conflict of interest issues; and, (3) cases that we cannot handle due to lack of capacity due to reductions to the City Attorney’s budget. The City of Oakland engages outside counsel only through the Office of the City Attorney.
The City Attorney requests detailed information regarding the qualifications of attorneys or law firms interested in providing legal services to the City of Oakland to establish a list of qualified attorneys or law firms from which outside counsel may be selected.
The City Attorney is issuing this RFQ for outside counsel to advise the Oakland Police Commission. Outside Counsel will provide periodic training on Brown Act compliance, parliamentarian procedure and other matters as assigned, and must be available to sit at the dais during the Commission’s regular and special meetings. The City Attorney requests detailed information regarding the qualifications of attorneys or law firms interested in providing legal services to the Commission to make this appointment and to establish a list of qualified attorneys or law firms from which future outside counsel may be selected.
The City Attorney wishes to retain outside counsel to provide workers’ compensation defense services for the City. The City Attorney requests detailed information regarding the qualifications of attorneys or law firms interested in providing such legal services to make this appointment and to establish a list of qualified attorneys or law firms from which future outside counsel may be selected.
The City of Oakland Office of the City Attorney seeks to contract with an experienced company to provide general liability claims adjusting services, also known as a Third Party Administrator (TPA). It is the goal of the Office of the City Attorney to contract with a Third Party Administrator (TPA) who is responsive to the City’s needs, goal oriented, dedicated to high standards of administration, and capable of developing a cost effective and proactive liability administration program.
RFP General Liability Claims Third Party Administrator (TPA) Services
City Attorney Barbara J. Parker releases a periodic newsletter in which she provides updates about the work of the Office of the City Attorney as well as reflections on current local, statewide, and national legal topics of importance to Oakland residents.
