HomeMy WebLinkAboutLtr to Shenkman re reimbursement request_Redacted LEIBOLD MCCLENDON & MANN
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
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February 28, 2018
Kevin I. Shenkman
Shenkman&Hughes
28905 Wright Road
Malibu, CA 90265
Re: Request for Reimbursement from City of Lake Elsinore
Dear Mr. Shenkman:
We are in receipt of your February 4, 2018 concerning your firm's reimbursement request
under Elections Code section 10010(f). You are requesting "reimbursement of the cost of the
work product that led to our initial notice to Lake Elsinore" of an alleged violation of the
California Voting Rights Act.
You claim total fees and costs of$38,100.09, of which you are requesting the statutory
maximum of $30,000. Pursuant to Elections Code section 10010(f)(1), we are requesting
additional documentation to corroborate the claimed costs.
Initially, we note the fee of the demographic consultant in the amount of $17,106.59.
Please provide a copy of the consultant's contract, invoices for services, cancelled checks or
other evidence of payment and a copy of the demographic studies prepared.
In addition, you have claimed attorney time of 34.7 hours. This time is based on broad
categories of work, including 9.6 hours of that time to "investigation of history of
discrimination" through the alleged "use of electoral devices or other voting practices that may
enhance the dilutive effects of at-large elections..." and another 9.3 hours for"racially-polarized
voting/impairment analysis."
In my letter to you of November 9, 2017, I indicated that in the last election three of the
five candidates for three council seats were Latino. Importantly, two of those Latino candidates
were elected, with one of them receiving the highest number of votes.
Please provide us with a proper breakdown of this categorical billing, including the date
work was performed, the time spent, the attorney performing the work and a description of the
work performed that day.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Very truly yours,
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