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Other Collections <br />The firm has experience in representing school districts in the collection of <br />other revenue. This includes class action suits and antitrust suits. When <br />vendors have been judicially determined to have defrauded districts in <br />price fixing schemes and quantity shortages, they should be pursued to <br />compensate the districts. Another area that can pose as a revenue recovery <br />auenue are situations where the district contracts with a vendor for future <br />services and the vendor then fails to provide those services; as a result, the <br />distsict is usually out the money it has paid as compensation. <br />The firm will join in lawsuits brought thtough Class Action and Antitrust <br />petitions against vendors. The firm will continue to monitor and protect <br />the district's interest throughout the lawsuit and even into bankruptcy court <br />to the final disposition of the matter. <br />The firm was successful in representing its clients' intetest with the Tejas <br />Testing matter. We followed the federal case against Mrs. Baird's and filed <br />claims on our clients' behalf when this corporation filed bankruptcy. In the <br />matter of Tejas Testing, we filed claims on behalf of our clients for money <br />that had been paid for fleet emission testing. When the state determined <br />that Tejas would not provide emissions tests, Tejas filed bankruptcy. We <br />obtained meney from the bankruptcy court for our clients. This is another <br />service that we provide our clients at no additional cost. <br />In 1996, the firm represented the Arlington I.S.D., in addition to several <br />other Tanant County School Districts, in contesting the manner in which <br />the State Comptroller conducted the Property Value Study. The lawsuit <br />resulted in a recovery of $ 2.17 million dollars in additional State aid to <br />the Artington I.S.D. <br />Scctioe N- Scape ot Serice - Pge 11 <br />