Title
Legal Services Request for Qualifications
History
As part of the Village’s commitment to transparency and financial stewardship, the Village periodically re bids professional service contracts. This process allows the Village to ensure that it is receiving the best prices, terms, or services compared to renewing existing contracts without re bidding. Recently, the Village issued a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for Legal Services.
RFQ #25 034 was opened on May 27, 2025, at which point thirteen (13) proposals were received. The Village completed a review of legal services that considered a number of factors including experience, size and depth of the firm, concentration on municipal law, practices areas, and potential cost.
Based on these factors, the following firms are recommended for various legal related services:
• Village Attorney: Ancel Glink, P.C.
• Employment (including Labor Management and Workers Compensation): Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Ltd.
• Bond Counsel: Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC
• Village Prosecutor (Municipal Violations): Donna J. Norton
• Village Prosecutor (Circuit Court Traffic Violations): Law Office of Daniel Calandriello LLC
As Needed Legal Services - Legal services provided as needed for specialized matters. A qualified pool of law firms or individual attorneys will be selected to provide specialized legal services on an as needed basis in specialty areas such as environmental law, economic development or to serve as backup for the above referenced legal services.
• Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, LTD.
• Del Galdo Law Group, LLC.
• Elrod Friedman LLP
• Luetkehans, Brady, Garner & Armstrong, LLC
• Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C
• Peterson Johnson & Murray, LLC
• Spesian & Taylor
• Vasselli Law, LLC
Financial Impact
Legal Services are budgeted in the current fiscal year budget.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve agreements with the following firms for legal services based on their submitted proposals:
• Village Attorney: Ancel Glink, P.C.
• Employment (including Labor Management and Workers Compensation): Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Ltd.
• Bond Counsel: Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC
• Village Prosecutor (Municipal Violations): Donna J. Norton
• Village Prosecutor (Traffic Violations): Law Office of Daniel Calandriello LLC
As Needed Legal Services:
• Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, LTD.
• Del Galdo Law Group, LLC.
• Elrod Friedman LLP
• Luetkehans, Brady, Garner & Armstrong, LLC
• Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C
• Peterson Johnson & Murray, LLC
• Spesian & Taylor
• Vasselli Law, LLC
AND
Authorize the Village Manager to execute all related contracts, subject to Village Attorney review.