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City of North Olmsted. <br />advice; or (e) when we have reached an irreconcilable difference of views on the handling of your matter(s). Any <br />termination by us of our representation will be subject to such approval as may be required from any court or <br />other body before which we may be appearing on your behalf. <br />In the event of termination of our relationship, you agree that you will take all necessary steps to free us of any <br />obligation to perform further, including the execution of any documents necessary or reasonably requested to <br />complete our withdrawal. <br />When we complete the services you have retained us to perform, our attorney-client relationship for that matter <br />will be terminated. Unless previously terminated by the completion of our services or otherwise, our <br />representation will terminate no later than the date of our final statement for services and expenses for the <br />particular matter. If you later retain us to perform further or additional services, our attorney-client relationship <br />will commence again, subject to our original engagement agreement, unless we change its terms, in writing, at <br />that time. <br />After termination of our attorney-client relationship regarding any particular matter, changes may occur in <br />applicable laws that could impact your future rights and liabilities. Unless you actually engage us, in writing, to <br />provide additional advice on issues arising from that matter after its completion, we will have no continuing <br />obligation to advise you with respect to firture legal developments. <br />Client Files <br />When we no longer represent you in a matter, or at your request at any time during the course of our <br />representation, we will take steps, to the extent reasonably practicable, to promptly deliver to you or to whomever <br />you designate, in writing, your papers and property to which you are entitled. As to your client files, this means <br />that you are entitled to copies of all correspondence, pleadings, deposition transcripts, exhibits, physical evidence, <br />expert reports, and other items reasonably necessary to your representation. The foregoing obligation, however, is <br />also subject to any attorney lien under applicable law that may be available to us to secure payment of our <br />outstanding fees and other charges, and is also subject to our right, after completion of any matter for you, to <br />destroy your files that we have maintained for such matter, so long as such destruction is consistent with our then <br />current file retention policies and is consistent with applicable law and ethical requirements. You agree that we <br />will be entitled to be paid at our then current rates for all attorney and paralegal time spent and that we will be <br />entitled to be reimbursed for all expenses incurred in connection with such delivery of your personal property, <br />except for copying costs. <br />Entire Agreement <br />The engagement agreement represented by the Terms and Conditions and the accompanying letter supersedes all <br />prior or other contemporaneous written or oral agreements and understandings between us and constitutes the <br />entire agreement between us. The engagement agreement may be modified only in a writing signed by you and <br />by us. You acknowledge that no promises have been. made to you other than those contained in the engagement <br />agreement. <br />Governing Law <br />Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying letter, all questions arising under this engagement agreement or <br />concerning rights and duties between us will be governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Benesch <br />attorney sending you this engagement agreement principally practices, excluding choice of law provisions that <br />might select the law of a different jurisdiction. If any provision of the engagement agreement is held by any court <br />