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Cost recovery is one of out primary specialties. We helped cities develop and successfully implement cutting-edge cost tecoveay procedures that ensure clients recover as .touch of their attorneys' fees, court costs and staff costs as possible. We do this by drafting and helping staff implement ordinances that snaxitnize recovery of fees and costs incurred in every nuisance abatement action, whether the abatement takes the form of a criminal, civil, administrative or self help. In addition, we consider cost recovery as a component in providing advice to our clients regarding enforcement strategy, and then implement those strategies during the enforcement action to guarantee the agency will be in the bast position possible to recover all of its expenses. Often, following an abatement by judicial, administrative of other action, the strategy calls for an administrative hearing to confirm the agency's costs and fees. Once confirmed, those expenses are recovered via an atray of remedies, including nuisance abatement liens, special assessments, wage garnaishmeats, attachments, auct recovery agreements. We also effectively utilize ,Lis peudem and other title clouding tneasutes to ensure the City retains priority in property encumbrances and to help ensure recovery. Administrative proceedings can also be a cost-effective and inkiltnany adversarial method to abate nuisances, handle appeals of administrative citations, liens and assessments, and meet due process requirements. We have handled numerous such matters for cities from inception through the, appellate courts with excellent results. In one recent example, we successfully defended a city against two appeals of an administrative citation, then obtained a court: order awarding the city its attorneys' fees involved in the process. We are up to date on the legal xeq*rements for these hearings, includurg Ntgbtlifel,&iatero issues, Foe Bn7S tcvocaaan and expiration constraints and due process regpiren ents. Our services to the City Would include helping, staff identify when administrative hearings are appropriate: or required, helping ensure the City's administrative procedures an followed, preparing briefings for tlrc hearings, ruprown ting City staff at the hearings, and ensuring the City is well positioned in the event o1 a w6t. or appeal to the Superior Court, and then helping the City recover: its costs and attorneys' fees. For these services, Silver & Wright proposes a fl rat of $850 for any administrative proceedings related to appals of adul nistrative citations, nuisance abatement determinations and cost recovery. This flat rate includes file review, preparing briefs and correspondence, assisting City staff with administtative procedures and representing City staff at the initial administrative hearing. For any subsequent appeals from these administrative proceedings, we propose a blended rate of $179 per hour for attorneys and $100 per hour for paralegals. 91 Gim Con Yscation8 EL-A $1,850 per case, $159 per hour for trial. At Silver & Wright, we have worked with cities to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally incapacitated. We have the particular expertise required to navigate the procedural and legal requirements to succeed in gun confiscation cases.