Malpractice Insurance Working Group
Notice and Agenda
Monday, June 4, 2018
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
State Bar of California
Conference Rooms 4A-C
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Linda Katz at (415) 538-2272 or Chair, Randall Miller at (415) 538-2000. 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.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Introductory Comments
II. Business
A History of California's Malpractice Insurance StudiesArticle by Judge Culhane (1997)
Hon. Kevin Culhane, Sacramento Superior Court
Former co-chair, State Bar Professional Liability Insurance Committee
B Recent Decisions in Other StatesIdaho State Bar Malpractice Insurance RequirementNew Jersey Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee ReportNew Jersey State Bar Letter re Ad Hoc Committee Report
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

Diane Minnich - Executive Director, Idaho State Bar
Gene Leverty - President, State Bar of Nevada
Chris Newbold - Executive Vice President, ALPS Lawyers' Malpractice Insurance

Presentation via Videoconference

Robert Hille, President, New Jersey State Bar Association

C Potential Impact of Mandatory Insurance on Low Income Clients
Andrew Kucera - Law Professor, San Joaquin College of Law
Cynthia Chander - Director, Bay Area Legal Incubator
D Working Group Discussion
Call for Public Comment

Discussion of Topics Presented

Closed Session

I. None

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The notice and agenda is available at http://board.calbar.ca.gov/Committees.aspx.