Title
LITIGATION MATTERS: RESOLUTION 23-248, RELATING TO SPECIAL COUNSEL AUTHORIZATION: RONALD T. OGOMORI TO REPRESENT HERMAN ANDAYA IN AMIR HOSSEIN SHEIKHAN, ETC., ET AL., V. HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, ETC., ET AL., CASE 2CCV-23-0000260 (GREAT-11(37))
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. Resolution 23-248, entitled “AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL RONALD T. OGOMORI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A LAW CORPORATION, TO REPRESENT HERMAN ANDAYA IN AMIR HOSSEIN SHEIKHAN, ETC., ET AL. V. HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, ETC., ET AL., CIVIL NO. 2CCV-23-0000260.” Resolution 23-248’s purpose is to authorize the employment of Ronald T. Ogomori, Attorney at Law, a Law Corporation, as special counsel to represent Herman Andaya, in Amir Hossein Sheikhan, Etc., et al. v. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Etc., et al., Case 2CCV-23-0000260, for a total compensation amount not to exceed $150,000.
2. Correspondence dated December 21, 2023, from the Department of the Corporation Counsel, with a copy of the claim.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend adoption of Resolution 23-248, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of Resolution 23-248 and other related action.
Note
With reference to this agenda item, one or more executive meetings are anticipated in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(4), Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, to consult with legal counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities of the County, the Council, and the Committee; and Section 92-5(a)(8), Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, to deliberate or make a decision upon a matter that requires the consideration of information that must be kept confidential under a State or Federal law, or a court order.