Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Friday, January 7, 2011
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Notice and Agenda
Friday, January 7, 2011
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
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, Joseph Chairez at (714) 754-6600. 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: Gwen Moore, Angela Davis, William Gailey, James Aguirre, Alec Chang, Clark Gehlbach, Luis Rodriguez, Michael Tenenbaum, Jon Streeter.
Committee Members: Gwen Moore, Angela Davis, William Gailey, James Aguirre, Alec Chang, Clark Gehlbach, Luis Rodriguez, Michael Tenenbaum, Jon Streeter.
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.
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. | Approval of Palo Alto Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Wong) II. Consent Palo Alto Bar Association Rules for Fee ArbitrationsAttachments: Palo Alto Bar Association Rules for Fee Arbitrations attachment |
| B. | Approval of Glendale Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Wong) II. Consent Glendale Rules of Procedure for Fee ArbitrationsAttachments: Glendale Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations Attachment |
| C. | Approval Santa Clara County Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Wong) II. Consent Santa Clara County Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations |
| III. Action |
| A. | Rules of Professional Conduct Proposed New and Amended, Reconsideration of Proposed Rule 7.5(c) re Restriction on the Name of a Public Officer in a Law Firm Name (Difuntorum) [Back-to-back item Jan 121] III. Action Proposed New and Amended Rule of Professional Conduct 7.5(c)Attachments: Proposed New and Amended Rule of Professional Conduct 7.5(c) attachment |
| B. | Administrative Changes to Admissions Rules (Request for Release for Public Comment) (Murphy) III. Action Administrative changes to Admissions RulesAttachments: Administrative changes to admissions rules attachment |
| C. | Amendments to Rule of Court 9.21 re Resignations with Charges Pending (Request for release for public comment) (Babcock) III. Action Rule of Court 9.21 amendmentsAttachments: Rule of Court 9.21 amendments attachment |
| D. | Adjustment to Cost Assessment Formula Business and Professions Code Section 6086.10 (Hawley)[Back-to-back item Jan 122] III. Action Adjustment of Discipline Cost Assessment FormulaAttachments: Adjustment of Discipline Cost Assessment Formula Attachment 1Adjustment of Discipline Cost Assessment Formula Attachment 2Adjustment of Discipline Cost Assessment Formula Attachment 3 |
| IV. Discussion/Information |
| A. | Oral Report re: Chief Trial Counsel Review Process (Streeter/Hawley) |
| V. Reports |
| A. | Status report from Admissions (Murphy) V. Reports Admissions Key Indicators January 2011 |
| B. | Status Report from the Office of Professional Competence (Difuntorum) V. Reports Competence Status Report |
| C. | Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Towery) V. Reports OCTC status reportAttachments: OCTC dashboardUpdate to OCTC Status Report |
| D. | Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong) V. Reports State Bar Court report |
| E. | Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Wong) V. Reports Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration |
| F. | Status Report from the Client Security Fund (Wong) V. Reports Client Security Fund status report |
| G. | Status Report from the Office of Probation (Wong) V. Reports Probation report RAD Jan 2011Attachments: Probation Report Addendum (Dec 2010) |
Closed Session
| I. Consent |
| II. Action |
| III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda |
| A. | Advice of Counsel re: Rules of Professional Conduct Proposed New and Amended, Reconsideration of Proposed Rule 7.5(c) re Restriction on the Name of a Public Officer in a Law Firm Name |
| IV. Discussion/Information |
| V. Reports |
** 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. | |