Lewisville ISD board adopts contingent‑fee legal services resolution and agreements
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The Lewisville ISD Board voted unanimously to approve a resolution allowing contingent‑fee legal representation and adopted contingent‑fee agreements with outside law firms; the actions authorize expedited review by the Texas Attorney General and formalize contracts with three named firms.
The Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt a resolution approving contingent‑fee legal services and then approved contingent‑fee agreements with outside counsel.
At the start of the open session the board presented a resolution authorizing contingent‑fee legal representation and directed staff to seek expedited review by the Texas Attorney General. A motion to adopt the resolution passed on a 6‑0 voice vote. The board then considered and approved contingent‑fee agreements naming Thompson & Horton LLP and the firms shown in the board materials.
Board materials list the covered firms as Thompson & Horton LLP; a firm transcribed as “Geland and Bonin, P.C.”; and O'Hanlon, Demerath and Castillo, P.C. The motions on both the resolution and the agreements were moved and seconded as recorded in the meeting transcript and each carried 6‑0.
The board entered the items after a closed session and the president framed the open‑session motions as consideration of matters discussed in closed session. The board did not discuss the specific legal matters on the public record at length and the transcript records no public comment on these items.
The action will allow the district to proceed under contingent‑fee arrangements while staff submits required findings and the contract for Attorney General review. The district indicated that the request for AG review will be expedited per the adopted language.