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Council terminates Keller Thoma labor contract and approves interim agreement with Ogletree Deakins after staffing departures

5744797 · September 9, 2025
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Summary

After the city’s contracted labor attorneys left Keller Thoma to reconstitute their prior firm, council voted to terminate the Keller Thoma agreement and approved a time‑limited contract with Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart for labor and employment matters through June 30, 2026; vote was 4‑1.

The City Council on Sept. 9 authorized notice of termination to Keller Thoma PC for labor and employment legal services after the firm’s labor attorneys departed, and agreed to retain Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PLLC on an interim basis through June 30, 2026.

City staff reported that several labor attorneys who handled the city’s labor matters at Keller Thoma — including Gary Sashital, Greg Schultz and Elizabeth Young — left the firm and…

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