Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 10, 2012
12:30 - 2:00
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 10, 2012
12:30 - 2:00
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, Lowell Carruth at (559) 433-1300. 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: Clark Gehlbach, Karen Goodman, Gretchen Nelson, Patrick Kelly, Wells Lyman, Dennis Mangers, Loren Kieve, George Davis.
Committee Members: Clark Gehlbach, Karen Goodman, Gretchen Nelson, Patrick Kelly, Wells Lyman, Dennis Mangers, Loren Kieve, George 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.
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 |
| A. | Oral Report (5 minutes) |
| B. | Call For Public Comment (1 minute) |
| II. Consent |
| III. Action |
| A. | Suspension for Failure to Comply With Child or Family Support Order. Request For Release for Public Comment. (Murphy/Diloreto) (4 minutes) III. Action Suspension for Failure to Comply with Family Support Order Rule of CourtAttachments: Suspension for Failure to Comply with Family Support Order Rule of Court ATT ASuspension for Failure to Comply with Family Support Order Rule of Court ATT BSuspension for Failure to Comply with Family Support Order Rule of Court ATT C |
| B. | Refusal-of-Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency (AB 1424, Stats. 2011, Ch. 455). Request For Release for Public Comment. (Murphy/Diloreto) (3 minutes) III. Action Refusal of Admission for Tax Delinquency Rule of CourtAttachments: Refusal of Admission for Tax Delinquency Rule of Court ATT ARefusal of Admission for Tax Delinquency Rule of Court ATT BRefusal of Admission for Tax Delinquency Rule of Court ATT C |
| C. | Proposed Modification to the Rule 31 of the State Bar Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations re: subpoenas. Request for Adoption Following Public Comment. (Hull) [Back-to-Back 54-121] (4 minutes) III. Action Proposed modification to Rule 31 Fee Arbitration Rules (Subpoeanas)Attachments: Proposed modification to Rule 31 Fee Arbitration Rules (Subpoeanas) Attachment A |
| D. | Proposed Modification to the Rule 30 of the State Bar Model Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations re: subpoenas. Request for Adoption Following Public Comment. (Hull) [Back-to-Back 54-122] (2 minutes) III. Action Proposed modification to Rule 30 Fee Arbitration Model Rules (Subpoeanas) Attachments: Proposed modification to Rule 30 Fee Arbitration Model Rules (Subpoeanas) Attachment A |
| E. | Sacramento County Bar Association Fee Mediation Rules (Hull) (3 minutes) III. Action Sacramento County Bar Association Fee Mediation Rules Attachments: Sacramento County Bar Association Fee Mediation Rules Attachment ASacramento County Bar Association Fee Mediation Rules Attachment B |
| F. | Update to Discipline Cost Formula (Hawley) [Back-to-Back May 123] (3 minutes) III. Action Update to Discipline Cost FormulaAttachments: Update to Discipline Cost Formula Attachment A |
| IV. Discussion/Information |
| A. | Report on ABA Resolution 108 on Military Spouse Attorneys (Murphy) (10 minutes) |
| B. | Format of the California Bar Examination (Gayle Murphy, John McNicholas, Larry Scheingold) (22 minutes) IV. Discussion/Information Memo re Format of California Bar ExaminationAttachments: Memo re Format of California Bar Examination ATT AMemo re Format of California Bar Examination ATT BMemo re Format of California Bar Examination ATT C |
| V. Reports |
| A. | Status report from Admissions (Murphy) (2 minutes) V. Reports Admissions Status Report |
| B. | Status Report from the Office of Professional Competence (Difuntorum) (7 minutes) V. Reports Professional Competence Status Report |
| C. | Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Kim) (10 minutes) V. Reports OCTC Status ReportAttachments: OCTC Statistics |
| D. | Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong) (5 minutes) V. Reports Status Report from State Bar Court |
| E. | Status Report from the Client Security Fund (Wong) (3 minutes) V. Reports Status report from Client Security Fund |
| F. | Status Report from the Office of Probation (Wong) (3 minutes) V. Reports Probation Status Report |
| G. | Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull) (3 minutes) V. Reports Mandatory Fee Arbitration Status Report |
Closed Session
| I. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda |
| Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda |
** 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. | |