Waste Management of Washington, Inc. v. City of Sammamish.  Since its incorporation in 1999, the City had been served by two solid waste handlers.  In an effort to consolidate service city-wide, the City issued an RFB for solid waste collection services.  An unsuccessful bidder filed a bid protest in King County Superior Court, and obtained a temporary restraining order preventing the City from awarding the contract to the preferred bidder.  We successfully resisted the unsuccessful bidder’s motion for a preliminary injunction, and obtained an award of the City’s attorney fees incurred to vacate the temporary restraining order.  In awarding the City’s fees, the trial court specifically ruled, “The hourly rates of the attorneys and legal staff at Kenyon Disend, PLLC were reasonable at the time the services were rendered. The attorney rates charges were in fact substantially below the prevailing hourly rates of similarly-experienced municipal attorneys in the relevant community.”  Click here for the trial court's entire order.