ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIALAttorney Representation Agreement • July 22nd, 2020 • Illinois
Contract Type FiledJuly 22nd, 2020 JurisdictionThe Regional School Unit # 71 (referred to herein as “Client”), hereby retains and authorizes the law firms of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Mehri & Skalet, P.L.L.C., Henrichsen Law Group, P.L.L.C., and Terrell Hogan, P.A. (the "Attorney Group"), as its attorneys, to negotiate, and/or litigate claims Client may have involving the opioid epidemic and losses it has incurred because of the opioid epidemic, related to the actions of pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and/or others (“Claims”). The Client and the Attorney Group agree that any Claims filed will be initiated in the pending MDL proceeding in the United States District Court for Northern District of Ohio, In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL 2804, or in related bankruptcy proceedings, including In re Purdue Pharma, L.P., 19-23649 USBC, SDNY.