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GISD Annual Website Reporting
Public Relations, Polling, Lobbying & Legal Services Data
At its annual organizational meeting in July, the GISD Board of Education publicly approved retaining the listed firms for legal services based on their areas of specialty. Because these firms have an expertise in a specific area of law that impacts schools, GISD is able to gain the highest quality counsel and minimize overall legal costs. The following firms were retained in the 2008-09 school year.
| Vendor |
Services |
Specialty Area(s) |
Amount |
| Dean & Fulkerson, P.C. |
Legal Services |
Tax law |
$26,466 |
| Thrun Law Firm, P.C. |
Legal Services |
General school law, labor law |
$26,034 |
| Collins & Blaha, P.C. |
Legal Services |
General school law |
$11,943 |
| Clark Hill, P.L.C. |
Legal Services |
Telecommunications |
$5,201 |
| LaPointe & Associates, P.C. |
Legal Services |
Special education |
$3,095 |
No external public relations, polling or lobbying firms were retained for services in the 2008-09 school year.
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