Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight - 2009

Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, March 5, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Richard Frankel at (925) 355-9800. Committee members are requested to notify the Committee Coordinator as early as possible in advance of the meeting if they wish to remove any item/s from the consent agenda.

Committee Members: Michael Marcus, William Hebert, George Davis, John Dutton, Jeannine English, William Gailey, Rex Heinke, Jim Hussey, Angela Davis.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

Open Session

I. Chair's Report

Oral Report

II. Consent

Rule 106 re Disqualification of JudgesRule 106 Appendix A

Fee Arb Rules of Procedure ModificationFee Arb Rules of Procedure modification attachment A Fee Arb Rules of Procedure modification attachment B

Rule 75 Request for Release for public commentRule 75 attachment

III. Action

Resignations with Charges Pending Agenda ItemResignations with Charges Pending Agenda Item Appendix A Resignations with Charges Pending Agenda Item Appendix B

Permanent Disbarment Agenda ItemPermanent Disbarment Agenda Item Attachment A Permanent Disbarment Agenda Item Attachment B

Client Security Fund Actuarial Study Agenda ItemClient Security Fund Actuarial Study Agenda Item Appendix A

Voluntary Resignations Agenda ItemVoluntary Resignations Agenda Item Appendix A Voluntary Resignations Agenda Item Appendix B

Agenda item re opinion 05-0001 (Heinke)

BASF Fee Arb RulesBASF Fee Arb Rules Attachment

Chief Trial Counsel appointment/reappointment process

IV. Discussion/Information

Subcommittee report re changes to ADP (Heinke)

Surrogate Attorney Program (Drexel/A. Davis)

Oral Report from Discipline Task Force (Hebert)

Public Hearing transmittalLos Angeles transcript San Francisco transcripts

Report from Annual Discipline Day (Gailey)

V. Reports

Report of the Subcommittee designated to review the charge of the Rules Revision Commission. (Heinke)

Report from Professional Competence

Mandatory Fee Arbitration Overview (Heinke)

Mandatory Fee Arbitration report

Status Report from AdmissionsAdmissions Report Appendix A Admissions Report Appendix B Admissions Report Appendix C Admissions Report Appendix D Admissions Report Appendix E

Status report from State Bar Court

Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel

Status Report from Client Security Fund

Report from the Office of Probation

Closed Session

I. Consent

II. Action

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Abrams with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-A] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Achen with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-B] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Agajanian with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-C] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Bjerregaard with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-D] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Borgerson with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-E] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Brickwood with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-F] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Cohen with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-G] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Geyer with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-H] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Hessler with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-I] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Hughes with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-J] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Koch with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-K] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Lee with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-L] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Linneball with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-M] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Rubin with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-N] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Shaw with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-O] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Silva with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-P] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Woo with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-Q] (Drexel/Hussey)

Consideration of Proposed Resignation of Attorney Xanthopolous with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item March 3127-R] (Drexel/Hussey)

III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda

Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda

IV. Discussion/Information

V. Reports

Status of Disciplinary Complaints/Proceedings Against Attorney Henry James Koehler (Drexel)


	* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel. Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter. * Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider a matter involving a disciplinary investigation or proceeding.

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