RENEWAL OF LAW FIRM ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.24
RENEWAL OF LAW FIRM ENGAGEMENT
AGREEMENT
This Agreement (this Agreement) entered into in the City of Jacksonville and State of Florida between Stein Mart, Inc., a Florida corporation and its divisions, subsidiaries and affiliates (the Company), and KIRSCHNER & LEGLER, P.A. (which, together with its president, Mitchell W. Legler, Legler, and with Legler and Kirschner & Legler, P.A. collectively called the Firm), is made as of April 1, 2013 (the Effective Date).
Background
The parties entered into a Law Firm Engagement Agreement dated April 1, 2011 (the Existing Agreement) which expires by its terms on March 31, 2013. The parties with to renew the Existing Agreement on the terms provided below.
In consideration of the promises and mutual covenants contained herein, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
SECTION 1. | TERM OF ENGAGEMENT |
(a) Term. Section I (a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby modified to read in its entirety as follows: The Company agrees to employ the Firm, and the Firm agrees to be employed by the Company, for a period of two (2) year(s) beginning on the April 1, 2013 and ending on March 31, 2015 (the Term).
(b) Compensation. Section 4(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby modified to increase the annual compensation from $180,000 to $200,000.
SECTION 2. | RATIFICATION |
(a) Agreement Continuing. Except as expressly modified as provided above, the Existing Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
(b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Firm have executed this Agreement effective as of the Effective Date.
STEIN MART, INC. | KIRSCHNER & LEGLER, P.A. | |||||||
By: | /s/ D. Hunt Hawkins | By: | /s/ Mitchell W. Legler | |||||
Name: | David H. Hawkins, EVP-COO | Mitchell W. Legler, President |