Lawyer Assistance Program Oversight Committee Notice and Agenda Friday, March 15, 2024 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Teleconference
Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator, Matt Adams at 213-765-1148 or Chair, Justin Delacruz at 415-538-2300. 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: Heather Benton, James Heiting, Lisa Johnson, Tracy LeSage, Diedre Nguyen, Philip Spiegel, Elise Yenne.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
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Open Session
- -CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT--
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I. Chair's Report
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Oral Report
II. Staff Report
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Oral Report
III. MINUTES
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Approval of Open Session Minutes: December 8, 2023
Update on Financial Assistance Working Group Re: Recommendations for Rule Changes
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Reports From the Stakeholder Working Groups: State Bar Court (Delacruz and Spiegel) Association of Discipline Defense Counsel (Heiting and LeSage) Office of Chief Trial Counsel (Benton and Heiting)
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