Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 16, 2009
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The State Bar Of California
1149 South Hill Street
Board Room, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2299
(213) 765-1000

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
A. Revisions to the Notice of Your Rights After Arbitration form. Request for release for public comment (Wong)
II. Consent
Notice of Your Rights After Arbitration form
Attachments:
Attachment A Notice of Your Rights After Arbitration
B. Proposed Administrative Amendments to Admissions Rules – Request for release for Public Comment (Murphy)
II. Consent
Admissions Rules for Public Comment
Attachments:
Admissions Rules for Public Comment Attachment
C. Proposed Client Security Fund Rules. Request Release for Public Comment (Wong)
II. Consent
Client Security Fund Rule Change Proposal
Attachments:
CSF Rules Attachment ACSF Rules Attachment B
III. Action
A. Modification to Rule 661, Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California Regarding Reinstatement Proceedings. Request for Adoption. [Back-to-Back Item July 125] (Wong)
III. Action
Rule 661 modification
Attachments:
Rule 661 Appendix
B. Rule 75, Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California Regarding Early Neutral Evaluations. Request for Adoption Following Public Comment. [Back-to-Back Item July 124] (Patsy Cobb/Itzel Berrio)
III. Action
Proposed modifications to Rule 75 re: Early Neutral Evaluations
Attachments:
Rule 75 Modifications Appendix ARule 75 Modifications Appendix B (Public Comment)Rule 75 Statement from Interim Chief Trial Counsel
C. Approval of New Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations by the Antelope Valley Bar Association [Back-to-Back Item 54-121] (Wong)
III. Action
Antelope Valley Fee Arb Rules
Attachments:
Antelope Valley Rules attachment
D. Approval of Revised Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations by the Contra Costa County Bar Association (Back-to-Back item July 54-122) (Wong)
III. Action
Contra Costa Fee Arb Rules
Attachments:
Contra Costa Fee Arb Rules attachment
E. Approval of New Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations by the Yuba- Sutter Bar Association. (Back-to-Back Item July 54-123) (Wong)
III. Action
Yuba-Sutter Fee Arb Rules
Attachments:
Yuba-Sutter Fee Arb Rules attachment
F. Batch 4 of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Request for Release for Public Comment. (Difuntorum)
III. Action
Rules Of Professional Conduct--release of batch 4
G. Board Reaffirmation of OCTC Enforcement Policies [Back-to-Back item July 126] (Patsy Cobb/Itzel Berrio)
III. Action
Board Reaffirmation of OCTC Policies
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Oral Update on Recruitment for Chief Trial Counsel (Hawley)
B. Oral Report re: Office of the Chief Trial Counsel Budget Efficiencies (Cobb/Berrio)
C. Pending projects in the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Cobb/Berrio)
IV. Discussion/Information
Projects list from Office of the Chief Trial Counsel
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Competence (Difuntorum)
V. Reports
Status report from Professional Competence
B. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Wong)
V. Reports
Fee Arbitration Status Report
C. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
V. Reports
Admissions Status Report
D. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
V. Reports
State Bar Court report
E. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Cobb/Berrio)
V. Reports
OCTC status report
F. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (Wong)
V. Reports
Client Security Fund Report
G. Status Report from the Office of Probation (Cobb/Berrio)
V. Reports
Probation status report
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
A. Resignation of Attorney Baweja with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-A] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
B. Resignation of Attorney Bottimore with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-B] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
C. Resignation of Attorney Buckley with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-C] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
D. Resignation of Attorney Chamberlin with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-D] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
E. Resignation of Attorney Colon-Vasquez with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-E] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
F. Resignation of Attorney Doncev with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-F] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
G. Resignation of Attorney Duke with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-G] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
H. Resignation of Attorney Hazelkorn with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-H] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
I. Resignation of Attorney Hyatt with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-I] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
J. Resignation of Attorney Lefebvre with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-J] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
K. Resignation of Attorney Quint with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-K] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
L. Resignation of Attorney Ricker with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-L] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
M. Resignation of Attorney Rodman with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-M] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
N. Resignation of Attorney Roth with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-N] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
O. Resignation of Attorney Rothe with Disciplinary Charges Pending [Back-to-back item July 3127-O] (Cobb/Berrio) ***
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
* 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.