Regulation and Discipline Committee
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 12, 2016
9:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 12, 2016
9:45 a.m. - 12:45 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), Dag MacLeod at (415) 538-2102 or Chair, Miriam Krinsky at (415) 538-2170. 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: Janet Brewer, Michael Colantuono, Glenda Corcoran, Terrance Flanigan, James Fox, Renee LaBran, Jason Lee, Dennis Mangers, Joanna Mendoza, Danette Meyers, Gwen Moore, David Pasternak, Stacie Spector, Brandon Stallings, Todd Stevens, Hernán Vera, Terry Wiley.
Committee Members: Janet Brewer, Michael Colantuono, Glenda Corcoran, Terrance Flanigan, James Fox, Renee LaBran, Jason Lee, Dennis Mangers, Joanna Mendoza, Danette Meyers, Gwen Moore, David Pasternak, Stacie Spector, Brandon Stallings, Todd Stevens, Hernán Vera, Terry Wiley.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session
| I. Chair's Report |
| A. | Call For Public Comment |
| B. | Oral Report (Krinsky) (10 minutes) |
| II. Consent |
| A. | Status Report from Office of the Chief Trial Counsel II. Consent Status Report from OCTC (Dresser letter) |
| B. | Status Report from Professional Competence II. Consent Professional Competence Status Report |
| C. | Status Report from State Bar Court II. Consent Status Report From State Bar Court |
| D. | Status Report from Client Security Fund II. Consent Status Report From Client Security Fund |
| E. | Status Report from Office of Probation II. Consent Probation Status Report |
| F. | Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration II. Consent Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration |
| G. | Sacramento County Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations. Request for approval of modification II. Consent Sacramento County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Rules Request For Adoption of Proposed ModificationsAttachments: Sacramento County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Rules |
| III. Business |
| A. | Data and work of new Office of Research and Institutional Accountability; Discussion and Takeaways from ADR process and Ideas on a Process for ADR Review of Issues by RAD Moving Forward (Wilson/MacLeod) (20 minutes) |
| B. | Non-Attorney Unauthorized Practice of Law--Takeaways and Proposed New Protocols and Policy Directive (J. Fox/J. Lee/Dresser) (20 minutes) III. Business Non-Attorney UPL Draft Policy Directive |
| C. | Payments to Rule 2201 Special Deputy Trial Counsel (Holton, Wilson) (15 minutes) |
| D. | Rule of Procedure 2201 Proposed Modifications. Request for Release for Public Comment (Holton) (30 minutes) III. Business Rule of Procedure 2201 Proposed Modififcation Attachments: Rule of Procedure 2201 Proposed Modififcation Attachment ARule of Procedure 2201 Proposed Modififcation Attachment BRule of Procedure 2201 Proposed Modififcation Attachment C |
| E. | Amendment to Rule 2603, Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California. Request for Adoption Following Public Comment (Holton) [Back-to-Back MAY 121] (10 minutes) III. Business Proposed Amendments to Rule of Procedure 2603Attachments: Proposed Amendments to Rule of Procedure 2603 Attachment AProposed Amendments to Rule of Procedure 2603 Attachment BProposed Amendments to Rule of Procedure 2603 Attachment CProposed Amendments to Rule of Procedure 2603 Attachment D |
Closed Session
| I. Consent |
| II. Business |
| A. | Rule of Procedure 2201. Status of pending investigations (Holton/Polsky/Dresser) (25 minutes) *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(3). |
| B. | Pending personnel issues (15 minutes) *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(4) and Government Code § 11126 (a)(1). |