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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: • Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney
DATE: June 15, 2012
RE: Retention of Outside Counsel to Represent City of Miami in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court — City Commission Agenda — June 28, 2012-
Wagner Square L.L.C., United States Bankruptcy Court, Case No.:
12-20659-LMI; and Wagner Square I, L.L.C., United States
Bankruptcy Court, Case No.: 12-24697-AJC
(File No. 12-00703)
The attached proposed Resolution seeks authorization for the engagement of outside
counsel, Charles W. Throckmorton, Esq., of the Law Firm of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton for
the representation of the City of Miami, in the above -referenced bankruptcy proceedings. Wagner
Square, LLC, and Wagner Square I, LLC, developers of the Wagner Square Development Project
have been forced into involuntary bankruptcy by their internal partners. The representation is to
ensure that the City's interest in the properties and the project, which is substantial, are not
impaired.
Funds will be allocated from the Non -Departmental Account Code Number
00001.980000.531010.0000.00000.
JOB:WB
Attachment(s)
c. Johnny Martinez, P.E., City Manager
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
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